Abbey
@abbeyarletto.bsky.social
Increasingly radicalized dissident from Northern New England.
Yale Poli Sci, advanced cynicism.
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Yale Poli Sci, advanced cynicism.
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Abbey
@abbeyarletto.bsky.social
· Sep 11
Right-wing extremists have carried out nearly all politically motivated killings in the last 25 years. Here’s an incomplete list, with some international cases included for their influence on U.S. attacks.
I have also included a list of left-wing extremist murders from the same time period.
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I have also included a list of left-wing extremist murders from the same time period.
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Lina Khan was the best thing to come out of the Biden administration, and it’s to Kamala Harris’s detriment that she didn’t campaign on what Khan accomplished - or tried to accomplish - as chair of the Federal Trade Commission.
Mamdani’s appointment of Lina Khan a warning to private equity, experts say
Ex-FTC chair was among first to go after practice of folding local firms into larger ones leading to higher prices
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Lina Khan was the best thing to come out of the Biden administration, and it’s to Kamala Harris’s detriment that she didn’t campaign on what Khan accomplished - or tried to accomplish - as chair of the Federal Trade Commission.
Fourteen senators to two.
November 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Fourteen senators to two.
I bought my first gun a year ago.
More liberals, people of color and LGBTQ Americans say they're buying guns out of fear
The image of gun ownership in America has been white, rural and Republican, but that's been changing as more liberals and minorities have been buying guns, especially after the 2024 election.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I bought my first gun a year ago.
Ah yes, if only banks didn't hand out mortgages to undocumented immigrants as if it were candy! This is totally something that is happening.
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Ah yes, if only banks didn't hand out mortgages to undocumented immigrants as if it were candy! This is totally something that is happening.
Schumer is now the most unpopular Senate leader with his own party on record, but Democratic senators are not calling for his resignation.
The Solution to Chuck Schumer
The Senate Democratic leader isn’t going anywhere, at least not yet.
nymag.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Schumer is now the most unpopular Senate leader with his own party on record, but Democratic senators are not calling for his resignation.
This is an official US government account.
November 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This is an official US government account.
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Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice memo 4 months ago obeying Trump’s order not to investigate or prosecute anyone involved with Jeffrey Epstein.
And Pam Bondi’s announcement today, obeying Trump’s order, that DoJ will investigate his political adversaries friendly with Epstein.
And Pam Bondi’s announcement today, obeying Trump’s order, that DoJ will investigate his political adversaries friendly with Epstein.
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice memo 4 months ago obeying Trump’s order not to investigate or prosecute anyone involved with Jeffrey Epstein.
And Pam Bondi’s announcement today, obeying Trump’s order, that DoJ will investigate his political adversaries friendly with Epstein.
And Pam Bondi’s announcement today, obeying Trump’s order, that DoJ will investigate his political adversaries friendly with Epstein.
Why? He told us that tariffs wouldn't raise prices.
Trump repeals tariffs on some foods as Americans face high grocery prices
President rolls back import levies on beef, tomatoes, coffee and a host of other agricultural goods after administration officials signaled coming changes aimed at addressing consumer complaints about...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Why? He told us that tariffs wouldn't raise prices.
Condé Nast hiring Nuzzi and firing Teen Vogue's entire politics team is peak 2025.
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Condé Nast hiring Nuzzi and firing Teen Vogue's entire politics team is peak 2025.
We have reached the "I know you are but what am I?" stage of Trump's presidency and it's not even been a year yet.
Breaking news: Attorney General Pam Bondi indicated she has appointed a prosecutor to examine the relationships between Jeffrey Epstein and other prominent Democrats, including former president Bill Clinton, as requested by President Trump today.
Bondi says Justice will investigate relationships to Epstein suggested by Trump
President Donald Trump suggested the relationships between the disgraced financier and several prominent Democrats deserve more scrutiny than his own connections to Epstein.
wapo.st
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
We have reached the "I know you are but what am I?" stage of Trump's presidency and it's not even been a year yet.
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The DOJ estimates that Epstein and his fellow child abusers trafficked at least 200 children. Meanwhile, experts estimate that in 2025, roughly 2600 minors were forced into a child marriage in the United States. That’s some 50 minors every week, or about seven per day, every single day of the year.
Epstein Files Reminder: USA has a child marriage epidemic—it's even worse than you think
Despite more than 300,000 documented child marriages since 2000, Republicans are fighting to keep it that way
www.qasimrashid.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The DOJ estimates that Epstein and his fellow child abusers trafficked at least 200 children. Meanwhile, experts estimate that in 2025, roughly 2600 minors were forced into a child marriage in the United States. That’s some 50 minors every week, or about seven per day, every single day of the year.
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Fears of climate change are decreasing in the United States, China and many Western countries relative to other concerns, according to a new survey.
Map shows climate fears falling around the world
Fears of climate change are diminishing in the United States, China and many Western countries, although they are still rising in some places, according to a new survey.
www.newsweek.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Fears of climate change are decreasing in the United States, China and many Western countries relative to other concerns, according to a new survey.
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New book tracing 80 years of anti-liberal demonization that led to our present moment and will continue beyond it.
Book review.
Book review.
The Demons That Rule Us | Los Angeles Review of Books
Peter B. Kaufman considers Whitney Phillips and Mark Brockway’s “The Shadow Gospel: How Anti-Liberal Demonology Possessed U.S. Religion, Media, and Politics.”
lareviewofbooks.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
New book tracing 80 years of anti-liberal demonization that led to our present moment and will continue beyond it.
Book review.
Book review.
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The world is still on track for a catastrophic 2.6C increase in temperature as countries have not made sufficiently strong climate pledges, while emissions from fossil fuels have hit a record high, two major reports have found.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The world is still on track for a catastrophic 2.6C increase in temperature as countries have not made sufficiently strong climate pledges, while emissions from fossil fuels have hit a record high, two major reports have found.
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Josh Shapiro folded to Pennsylvania Republicans on climate policy. America is backsliding fast as climate disinformation surges, apathy spreads and Democrats increasingly treat environmental action like a political lost cause. US media is barely even covering Cop30, which is happening right now.
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Josh Shapiro folded to Pennsylvania Republicans on climate policy. America is backsliding fast as climate disinformation surges, apathy spreads and Democrats increasingly treat environmental action like a political lost cause. US media is barely even covering Cop30, which is happening right now.
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A 2012 study on the so-called "Fox News Effect" found that people who watched only Fox News were less informed than those who didn’t watch any news at all.
Grokipedia will be the sequel: an ideologically biased AI encyclopedia that makes you confidently wrong about everything.
Grokipedia will be the sequel: an ideologically biased AI encyclopedia that makes you confidently wrong about everything.
JD Vance: "I'm a Grok guy. I think it's the best. It's also the least woke."
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A 2012 study on the so-called "Fox News Effect" found that people who watched only Fox News were less informed than those who didn’t watch any news at all.
Grokipedia will be the sequel: an ideologically biased AI encyclopedia that makes you confidently wrong about everything.
Grokipedia will be the sequel: an ideologically biased AI encyclopedia that makes you confidently wrong about everything.
A 2012 study on the so-called "Fox News Effect" found that people who watched only Fox News were less informed than those who didn’t watch any news at all.
Grokipedia will be the sequel: an ideologically biased AI encyclopedia that makes you confidently wrong about everything.
Grokipedia will be the sequel: an ideologically biased AI encyclopedia that makes you confidently wrong about everything.
JD Vance: "I'm a Grok guy. I think it's the best. It's also the least woke."
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A 2012 study on the so-called "Fox News Effect" found that people who watched only Fox News were less informed than those who didn’t watch any news at all.
Grokipedia will be the sequel: an ideologically biased AI encyclopedia that makes you confidently wrong about everything.
Grokipedia will be the sequel: an ideologically biased AI encyclopedia that makes you confidently wrong about everything.
Josh Shapiro folded to Pennsylvania Republicans on climate policy. America is backsliding fast as climate disinformation surges, apathy spreads and Democrats increasingly treat environmental action like a political lost cause. US media is barely even covering Cop30, which is happening right now.
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Josh Shapiro folded to Pennsylvania Republicans on climate policy. America is backsliding fast as climate disinformation surges, apathy spreads and Democrats increasingly treat environmental action like a political lost cause. US media is barely even covering Cop30, which is happening right now.
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"Abbott is aligning himself with the most reactionary members of his Republican Party. For decades, fringe conservatives have wanted to end government-run schools and send every child to private institutions run by clerics or ideologues under the banner of parental choice."
Tomlinson: Abbott promises to starve public schools of tax revenues
Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to cut property taxes will starve public schools while he sends state money to private schools.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"Abbott is aligning himself with the most reactionary members of his Republican Party. For decades, fringe conservatives have wanted to end government-run schools and send every child to private institutions run by clerics or ideologues under the banner of parental choice."
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Scientists are developing technology that could help remove CO₂ from the atmosphere, but the Trump administration’s cuts to science funding are sabotaging the research.
Trump Is Kneecapping Some of the Boldest Plans to Fight Climate Change
Donald Trump's assault on climate innovation is also affecting scientists researching geoengineering methods like carbon-dioxide removal.
www.rollingstone.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Scientists are developing technology that could help remove CO₂ from the atmosphere, but the Trump administration’s cuts to science funding are sabotaging the research.
Fears of climate change are decreasing in the United States, China and many Western countries relative to other concerns, according to a new survey.
Map shows climate fears falling around the world
Fears of climate change are diminishing in the United States, China and many Western countries, although they are still rising in some places, according to a new survey.
www.newsweek.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Fears of climate change are decreasing in the United States, China and many Western countries relative to other concerns, according to a new survey.
Scientists are developing technology that could help remove CO₂ from the atmosphere, but the Trump administration’s cuts to science funding are sabotaging the research.
Trump Is Kneecapping Some of the Boldest Plans to Fight Climate Change
Donald Trump's assault on climate innovation is also affecting scientists researching geoengineering methods like carbon-dioxide removal.
www.rollingstone.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Scientists are developing technology that could help remove CO₂ from the atmosphere, but the Trump administration’s cuts to science funding are sabotaging the research.
"Abbott is aligning himself with the most reactionary members of his Republican Party. For decades, fringe conservatives have wanted to end government-run schools and send every child to private institutions run by clerics or ideologues under the banner of parental choice."
Tomlinson: Abbott promises to starve public schools of tax revenues
Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to cut property taxes will starve public schools while he sends state money to private schools.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"Abbott is aligning himself with the most reactionary members of his Republican Party. For decades, fringe conservatives have wanted to end government-run schools and send every child to private institutions run by clerics or ideologues under the banner of parental choice."