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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In a normal, functioning democracy, this would end his presidency tonight.

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Caroline Baxter @convergingriskslab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"I have been asked by some retired officers if it is fair to expect a senior military leader to stand up to or refuse to accept an immoral, unethical or illegal order from the president or the secretary of defense... But fairness is irrelevant." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/o...

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Opinion | The U.S. Military Must Learn to Say No to Trump

How senior leaders of the armed forces dodge accountability.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

People are falling for the DSA vs Establishment trap again. Didn’t we learn our lesson in 2016 and 2024? It’s the establishment’s job to build a coalition that can win EVERYWHERE. In some places, that means ultra-progressive. In others, it means establishment. The tent is big enough for all of us.

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Adam Mount @ajmount.com · 17/08/2026

Three times this month, US officials said they need new nuclear weapons that a normal person would use—"that are cost-benefit rational to a normal person", "that common sense indicates you could actually use." Not sure which president they're referring to, but they doth protest a bit much.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins

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Adam Mount @ajmount.com · 06/08/2026

“Any political leader who would suggest today that the use of weapons of mass destruction against a civilian population would “save lives” because it would compel a surrender would be understood to be advocating war crimes.“ The logic was wrong then and it is wrong now.

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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 17/07/2026

Trump already tried to do a coup. We should prepare for the worst. I've heard that Democratic officials are already gaming this out, but if they aren't, they should be getting regular presentations from veterans of Color Revolutions and other mass pro-democracy protests.

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Adam Mount @ajmount.com · 16/07/2026

Nobody is impressed by prevarication. There is no political advantage to lacking the courage of your convictions. Thank goodness this era of democratic politics is ending.

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Hilary Matfess @hilarymatfess.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Gender-affirming care for me, not for thee

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 14/07/2026

An incredible euphemism here for “the government is doing illegal discrimination”

Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions
For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"

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Rafael M Batista @rafmbatista.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Patriot front marching from Union Station right now. White supremacist and neo-fascist organization. Cowards.

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Adam Mount @ajmount.com · 27/06/2026

As a teacher, I assigned papers on nonlinear escalation but honestly students would have gotten a better understanding from readings on gender and fascism.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Expanding the Supreme Court is the moderate position.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Under section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, that’s supposed to be the ballgame.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), at any time that United States Armed Forces are engaged in hostilities outside the territory of the United States, its possessions and territories without a declaration of war or specific statutory authorization, such forces shall be removed by the President if the Congress so directs by concurrent resolution.

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I just want to add, since this is breaking containment, that this can't be made right. these people, each one a whole universe, are gone. there can only be justice for the perpetrators; public remorse & restitution; & reform to ensure future aid systems are more just and less prone to imperial whims

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/06/2026

Why it matters: when the paper of record calls your existence a debate, that framing doesn't stay on the page. Republican officials, judges, Supreme Court justices, and anti-trans groups have all cited the Times to justify stripping trans rights. The coverage by the paper of record matters.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/06/2026

It wasn't just framing. It was who got to speak. As coverage turned, trans voices in the stories dropped sharply while opponents of trans rights rose. By 2026, opponents were quoted more often than trans people themselves. Trans people were spoken about, not to.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The utter failure of this war - and the surrender document Trump just signed - was completely predictable. This war was unwinnable and that's why so many of us opposed it from the start.

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 16/06/2026

If you want to understand what the US is doing to Cuba right now as a result of the complete energy blockade since the beginning of the year. apnews.com/article/cuba...

The survival rate for children with cancer has fallen to 65% from 85% before the energy restrictions began in January, according to the report released by Cubadebate. It also said 100,000 children younger than 7 are no longer receiving the daily liter of milk previously provided by the state and that the country’s 16-vaccine immunization program for infants is “at risk.”

Additionally, it said, another 100,000 Cubans are on waiting lists for surgery and the treatment schedules of nearly 3,000 patients requiring kidney dialysis have been disrupted. Regarding medication, 300 of the 395 essential medicines produced on the island are unavailable due to a lack of chemical components required to manufacture medications.

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kim @kimmymonte.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

omg ffs we just want healthcare

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Caroline Baxter @convergingriskslab.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

You know what’s also a time-honored tradition? Voting on whether or not to authorize a war.

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Adam Mount @ajmount.com · 11/06/2026

This, side by side with news that the US may have killed victims of human trafficking in an illegal boat strike. The United States has a deep and abiding war crimes problem. It is morally intolerable. Demand that any national candidate have a plan for accountability and reform.

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Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

We need a new US foreign policy that promotes peace and solidarity Mu conversation with @ezraklein.bsky.social @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...

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Opinion | What’s the Left’s Vision for Foreign Policy After Trump?

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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I've spent months speaking to current & retired Black service members about being part of the military in this political moment. What I found were officers and soldiers despondent at the resurgence of racism, yet often insistent that they were fighting for what this country could be, not what it is.

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The Betrayal of Black Patriots

They devoted their lives to serving the United States. Now the nation’s top military leader is sending the message that they’re not welcome.

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

“study of around 8,000 respondents concludes that women’s lower uptake of generative AI tools has little to do w/ skills or access. Instead, it is driven largely by how women perceive the broader societal risks associated w/ the new technology.”🧪 @josiecox.bsky.social

“…women are significantly more likely than men to worry about the wider consequences of generative AI, including its effects on employment, privacy, misinformation, mental health, and even the environment.

The researchers concluded that women's hesitation is less about fear of personal safety, and more about a concern for Al's broader societal and ethical
consequences.

One of the study's most striking findings is that the gap persists even among young, highly educated, and digitally confident users. In other words, women who are perfectly capable of using tools like ChatGPT-and who already engage heavily with technology-remain more hesitant. That hesitation appears to be less about fear of the tools themselves…”

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

No, we have not fixed the mess we made.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 19/05/2026

NEW report shows Trump is spending $1 billion a day on war with Iran while military families pay the price at home. With sky-high grocery prices, military families are relying on local food pantries and emergency grocery support programs to put food on the table. Disgraceful.

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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 19/05/2026

Not enough news coverage of how the insurrectionist reparations fund is a clear violation of the 14th Amendment. We need to enforce the Constitution in its original meaning and plain text. You can't imagine away parts of the Constitution just because it is politically inconvenient.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Given the argument that ended the VRA, I think it’s time liberals did some self reflection about the now decades long obsession with partisan polarization as the problem, as opposed to authoritarianism, extremism, oligarchy, and racism

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/04/2026

as long as john roberts has his majority, there is simply no pro democracy reform that will survive the supreme court. none.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Serial killing as background noise.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I used to write the WaPo editorials on US-Africa policy, as well on as human rights and politics on the continent. To describe hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent as “messy” is an absolute abomination.

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Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Trump's aides are telling him that destroying Iran's infrastructure is fair game. They are wrong. They are advocating war crimes. Unfortunately, the targeting of infrastructure is far from new. See: "The Dangerous Rise of 'Dual-Use' Objects in War": papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

People don’t wanna put two and two together with what he did to usaid and him putting up those maps of global birthrates and saying white people are being replaced

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

“Three Hundred Habeas Cases in Which the Government Has Defied Court Orders” An extraordinary database of non-compliance, from @katherinepomps.bsky.social and @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org for @lawfaremedia.org. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/thre...

LAWFARE INSTITUTE
•HABEAS NON-COMPLIANCE TRACKER
Government Contempt & Non-Compliance
300 documented instances of government noncompliance with federal court orders in immigration habeas cases, with links to the specific filings and orders.
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DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
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DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
5
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
+15 more
300
TOTAL

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National Security Archive @nsarchive.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Today, the Archive published a Disappearing Data Chronology--a timeline tracking changes in access to federal information under Trump, including major data losses and restorations, legal challenges to information takedowns, and threats to archival collections. nsarchive.gwu.edu/special-exhi...

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A Disappearing Data Chronology

About the ExhibitThe Disappearing Data Chronology documents fundamental changes to the federal information landscape under the Trump administration, including major data losses and restorations, legal...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/03/2026

Gen. Grynkewich: "What I've observed over the course of studying air power in history is that any time you attack a civilian population, you usually end up finding that it just hardens their resolve."

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

It’s arguably less a war than it is just a string of war crimes

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

So what this describes is ethnic cleansing www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/w...

But behind the scenes, Israeli officials have conveyed a more targeted message.

In private calls to local leaders across southern Lebanon, Israeli military officials have assured several Christian and Druse communities that they could remain in the evacuation zone. They have pressed them, however, to force out any Lebanese from neighboring Shiite Muslim communities who have sought refuge among them as Israeli bombardment flatten Shiite towns, according to local Christian, Druse and Shiite leaders who spoke to The New York Times. The Shiites make up the majority of southern Lebanon.

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Illiberal democracies often rely on formally democratic institutions like courts to maintain a false image of the state as protective of democratic freedoms.

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Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

As former CNO William Pratt said of Iwo Jima in 1945: "The expenditure of manpower to acquire a small, God-forsaken island, useless to the Army as a staging base and useless to the Navy as a fleet base ...." That expenditure, by the way, was almost 7000 dead Americans.

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