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Laura Bassett

@lebassett.bsky.social

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Freelance journalist. Formerly: EIC at Jezebel, columnist at The Cut and GQ, HuffPost politics reporter. Brooklyn via South Louisiana. I write a newsletter called Nightcap: https://www.laura-bassett.com

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@altnps.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 8:05 PMReposted by @lebassett.bsky.social

Good news and a thank you to Ukraine! Bot traffic from Russian tech company Yandex’s network has plunged following Ukrainian strikes on its data centers.

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@bencollins.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 8:16 PMReposted by @lebassett.bsky.social

You can kill as many people as you want, but you target a beautiful precious data center? The one that hosted all 40,000 Sexy Ladies For Ken Paxton accounts?

@dieworkwear.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:28 PMReposted by @lebassett.bsky.social

for as long as i've been alive, republicans have ran the same playbook: a few weeks before voting begins, they roll out completely fabricated smear campaigns. these things are always coordinated, so the talking points take over the news. the party is never electorally punished for their dishonesty.

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@lebassett.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:49 PM

The Talarico discourse on X in a nutshell

@lebassett.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:44 PM

Holy shit

@chadbourn.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:01 PMReposted by @lebassett.bsky.social

Ukraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right.

Chart showing online talk about the AfD going off a cliff edge
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@sethcotlar.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:28 PMReposted by @lebassett.bsky.social

This right wing ratfucking effort is blowing up over on X and will almost certainly be all over Fox and other outlets tomorrow. Steven Miller and Benny Johnson are already pushing it. Two "journalists" claim to have called a rehab center in Ohio who told them that Talarico checked out recently.

MMatt Royer 🤘🏼@mattroyer.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 4:50 PM

We spent too much energy telling people that they could be anything they wanted to be if they just believed and making people think that the 1st amendment allows you just to say whatever you want to. And the result is Nick Sortor who thinks he’s journalist making stuff up.

Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
X.com
Good morning, @JamesTalarico! Would YOU like to reveal where you *actually* were these past couple weeks, or should me and @RheinAmacher do it?
Please let us know by 1pm ET today!
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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@esqueer.netOct 11, 2026, 12:03 PMReposted by @lebassett.bsky.social

Elon just blasted his home address to his 240 million followers along with his order number and last 4 of his Amex charge card while shilling grok bot. Someone else canceled his order.

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@gregpak.netOct 11, 2026, 12:21 PMReposted by @lebassett.bsky.social

this guy is bad

@jeffreyschmeffrey.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 2:22 AMReposted by @lebassett.bsky.social

Fuck yeah

@acyn.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 8:48 PMReposted by @lebassett.bsky.social

Trump: I could say the stupidest things and you'd clap

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@adamserwer.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 9:45 PMReposted by @lebassett.bsky.social

I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...

BBrendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 9:37 PM

The news just since I left work: -A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad -Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening.

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@onestpress.onestnetwork.comOct 10, 2026, 3:00 PMReposted by @lebassett.bsky.social

Per Russian media, “Russian sources expect that as well as purchasing Russian oil and diesel, Donald Trump will provide Russia with spare parts to repair the refineries damaged by Ukrainian drone strikes. They anticipate that Trump's fuel deal will lead to a Russian victory.”

@lebassett.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 12:19 PM

He’s also exceptionally talented at making big, hard-hitting points, and several of them at a time, in as few plainly stated words as possible. His speech is clear and efficient and compelling

@grudgie.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:14 PMReposted by @lebassett.bsky.social

Impeach

@jessecharleslee.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:57 PMReposted by @lebassett.bsky.social

In honor of Energy Dominance month, we’re now buying oil from Russia and funding both sides of one war overseas, because our over-dependence on oil is making us lose another war overseas.

@lebassett.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 7:14 PM

Roses are red
Violets are blue www.bbc.com/news/article...

@lebassett.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 7:04 PM

Temu Karoline Leavitt is going to absolutely suck at this job and I can’t wait to see how bad it is

@wagatwe.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 2:40 PMReposted by @lebassett.bsky.social

this is the only reason why certain people wanted to know—and spread—her name without her consent. so they can abuse her, too.

cnn.comCornell’s Jane Doe is ‘terrified’ after death threats and a swatting incident, her lawyer says | CNNOne month ago, the woman now known to America as Cornell’s Jane Doe was living in New York City and trying to break into the hotel industry, her lawyer says. Now she’s facing threats and hiding out at...
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@lebassett.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 4:16 PM

No, I don’t think having the most violent possible execution be displayed publicly is helping them in any way

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