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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our country is staring into the abyss, and much of our national press corps lacks the fortitude that this moment demands www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b...
nytimes.com
TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)
The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I am not a woman, a basketball player, a sports reporter, or any type of journalist in the traditional sense. But I did a road trip with my frat to a Sweet 16 game when I was in college. Here are my thoughts on the WNBA... (1/43)
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14/08/2026
New: We pieced together dozens of violent incidents from the ICE agents seen in viral videos from Virginia this week. They've roamed across multiple states, but are most often working in Chicago. We also verified the identity of Martin Lagunas, the fed who pointed his gun at a woman on Monday:
unraveledpress.com
Chicago ICE team seen threatening drivers has roamed from Illinois to Minnesota to Virginia
A federal agent from Chicago identified by community members as 40-year-old Martin Lagunas was recorded pointing his gun in the face of a Virginia woman on Monday. His team of ICE agents has been docu...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Ohio Republican Vivek Ramaswamy hired his mother to manipulate clinical trial data for an Alzheimer's drug he owned the rights to, which he used to inflate its stock price and cash out before the stock tanked. But his opponent is a Democrat. Our rating: Lean Republican.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/08/2026
This is what it looks like when you want to reform gov't to make it work better: you gather real experts & proceed in a methodical, transparent way. As opposed to gathering barely post-adolescent trolls with names like Big Balls & setting them loose with wrecking balls behind the scenes.
wired.com
Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Tech Team Is What DOGE Should Have Been
The mayor of New York City has assembled a crew of Silicon Valley and United States Digital Service veterans to overhaul city services with better software.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/08/2026
Starting to think Republican governance isn't a good idea.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/07/2026
In the Arizona primaries, Dem voters chose a moderate incumbent over a leftist challenger. Meanwhile, in every race, the GOP chose the most extreme candidate, including an election denier & a sex pest. Surely we can expect a bunch of pundit hand-wringing about growing extremism on the right? Yeah?
seattletimes.com
6 takeaways from Arizona’s tense, Trump-dominated primaries
As President Donald Trump’s preferred candidates comfortably won primaries, Democratic voters sided with a moderate incumbent over a left-wing challenger.
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
My latest with Jules @thenation.com Trump just soils everything he touches. "Trump’s Reverse Midas Touch Even Got the World Cup" www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
Trump’s Reverse Midas Touch Even Got the World Cup
Of course fans roundly booed the president at the World Cup final: Damaging the integrity of anything he touches is true to the Trump brand.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
My Spanish champion is Pontevedra Mayor Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores, who kicked cars out of city center: “It's not my duty as mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. It's the same as if you bought a cow, or fridge, and then ask me where you're going to put them.”
fastcompany.com
This Spanish city has been restricting cars for 24 years. Here's what we can learn from it
Pontevedra, Spain, offers some of the best evidence available about what happens when a city is reconfigured to accommodate people, rather than cars.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 19/07/2026
static.klipy.com
Star Demands More!
ALT: Star Demands More!
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026
This is precisely the issue - trans participation in sports - that @mattyglesias.bsky.social says we should moderate on. Gotta endorse genital inspections if you wanna win those swing states!
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/05/2026
The "batteries are just as bad as fossil fuels" stuff is so fucking stupid, so easy to refute with just a minute or two of rational thought, so *obviously* a piece of propaganda, that I just have no sympathy at all for people who fall for it. Gonna block everyone who drags it into my feed.
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Renewables are unstoppable. BNEF's New Energy Outlook for this year says solar is set to be the biggest source of electricity in 2032 and wind will be second biggest in 2034. Both coal and gas displaced from those thrones. This is the business-as-usual scenario. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12/05/2026
If you thought SEIA was useless before ...
seia.org
Governor Tim Pawlenty Named New President and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association – SEIA
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is leading the transformation to a clean energy economy. Learn more at seia.org
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/05/2026
Dems once again choosing Respect For Process over victory.
newrepublic.com
Trump Wins Big as Virginia Dems Won’t Go Nuclear to Save 4 House Seats
The state’s Democrats have decided against forcing resignations on the state Supreme Court to preserve their redistricting. Funny how Republicans always find a way, and Democrats don’t.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/05/2026
Meanwhile the California grid now boasts the equivalent of 12 nuclear power plants worth of batteries -- the total cost of which was, I suspect, less than a single nuclear plant.
insideclimatenews.org
California’s Battery Array Is as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Power Plants. Here’s What’s on the Horizon. - Inside Climate News
An expert in the state’s energy grid explains how the state is faring amid federal cuts.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/04/2026
"This is what you get when you elect Republicans." Every Dem within 100 feet of a camera needs to be saying this repeatedly. Every time we elect Republicans, we get dumbass wars, tax cuts for rich people, and financial crises. Every time. Fucking say it!
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
My gas and groceries are up 40%, my health insurance is up 50%, and the president is covering up an elite pedophilia ring. But at least there won't be trans athletes competing in a 2028 Olympic sport that I won't be watching.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
This is a national disgrace and it should cost Bhattacharya his job at NIH. It should result in him being ostracized from academia for the rest of his career. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
vox.com
The US slashed research for cancer, Alzheimer’s, mental health — and nearly everything else
Revealed in one chart.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Presidents typically get too much blame/credit for the economy because they have very few levers But of the few levers he has, Trump is pulling all of them in the bad direction: -higher gas prices from an immoral war -higher costs from tariffs -less health care and food assistance from OBBBA cuts
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/03/2026
Jesus. Paying a French company a billion dollars *not* to build a wind farm.
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Trump’s lickspittle, FIFA chief Johnny Infantino, is denying Iran’s request to play in Mexico instead of the US. They wanted to move for their own safety after being threatened by this orange sociopath in the White House. What a joyless, boycott-worthy World Cup www.theguardian.com/football/202...
theguardian.com
Fifa will not agree to move Iran’s World Cup matches from US to Mexico
Fifa is unwilling to switch Iran’s World Cup matches to Mexico despite the country’s football federation claiming it is in discussions to do so
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
It's almost as if you should seek expert advice before launching major wars that could destabilize the global economy
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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Tucson was supposed to host Iran's national soccer team for about two weeks in June before their first World Cup game. Tucson would have treated the squad with the respect due any national team for an international event like this, not the malice that Pres. Trump is expressing.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10/03/2026
The exodus of grown-up journalists from CBS continues.
theguardian.com
CBS News’ Scott MacFarlane leaves network: ‘I look forward to some independence’
Justice correspondent most known for his January 6 Capitol riot coverage, is latest to quit Bari Weiss-led network
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/03/2026
Sometimes I step back and marvel at the fact that VSPs in US politics have convinced themselves that nuclear—an industry that has been consistently stepping on its dick for over 60 years—is the serious and sober energy future, while solar, which is breaking records all around us ...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Corey Lewandowski to begin affair with Markwayne Mullin
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/03/2026
Ken Paxton absolutely sold his soul for MAGA and Trump is about to fuck him in the most high-profile way possible. You hate to see it. And by that I mean you f'ing love it.
politico.com
‘That’s bad for him to say’: Trump puts Paxton on notice in Texas Senate primary
The president appeared to scold the attorney general.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Hegseth is wholeheartedly endorsing the core premise of fascism: industry, as part of the private sphere, must be subordinated to the military objectives of the state.
In a long tweet about Anthropic, Pete Hegseth, through the offical "SecWar" Twitter account says "the Department of War must have full, unrestricted access to Anthropic’s models for every LAWFUL purpose in defense of the Republic."
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/02/2026
The American people are systematically deluded about their own country. We have worse health outcomes, more shootings, more people in prison, less vacation, less paid time off, less parental leave, higher childcare costs, higher infant mortality, lower social trust ... on & on & on.
not-ship.com
America isn't exceptional — it's the exception
America has self-importance in abundance. What it lacks is the data to back it up.
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Seems like this should be a bigger story And congrats to the US Mens gold medal winning hockey team for being window dressing to cover up the crimes of a pederast. How proud you must be. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...
nytimes.com
Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump
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Chris Love @legallylove.myatproto.social · 25/02/2026
I’ve received no less than 10 Dem fundraising texts today. They only reaffirm my commitment to donate not one red cent this cycle.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
So good.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
MAHA be damned, this administration is poisoning you www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
scientificamerican.com
Trump administration slashes mercury regulations from coal plants
Mercury pollution from coal plants has been tied to serious neurological problems, especially in children and babies
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Prince Andrew to seek asylum in the United States and join Donald Trump’s cabinet to avoid further persecution.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/02/2026
Yes. Every word.
offmessage.net
Republicans Are Much Much More Corrupt Than Democrats
But most people either do not know this, or refuse to admit it.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 04/02/2026
They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas. For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare. www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
startribune.com
Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.
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AZ Sen. Priya Sundareshan @priya4az.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
P.S. LD18 constituents, please give me the gift of your signature on my re-election petition! go.azsos.gov/2ypt @atxsal.bsky.social
go.azsos.gov
Voter Authentication - E-Qual Online Petitions
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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
An exquisite, accidental juxtaposition at the top of the front page of the Arizona Daily Star today. In the photo, a demonstrator in Minneapolis is arrested by ICE agents. On the rail, Trump tells Iranian protesters to "KEEP PROTESTING -- TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS."
Today's front page of the Arizona Daily Star newspaper in Tucson shows a photo of a protester being arrested by ICE agents in Minneapolis next to a story in which Pres. Trump encourages Iranian protesters to "TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS."
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
ICE is killing American citizens the right way. by Ezra Klein
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face the right way. by Ezra Klein
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/10/2025
The historically volatile Texas grid was entirely stable this summer, despite extreme temperatures. Grid operators never once had to ask Texans to conserve energy or shut off their air conditioners. Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.
canarymedia.com
Solar and batteries had a record-setting, grid-stabilizing summer in…
Solar has set 17 power generation records in Texas so far this year, shoring up the grid alongside batteries as some gas plant developers step back.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/10/2025
Nobody cares and nothing will happen but this is classically, paradigmatically fascist language. Comparing opponents to vermin and pests is straight out of the textbook.
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Chris Love @legallylove.myatproto.social · 11/09/2025
The liberal Dem urge to denounce “political violence” cuz a goober died by his own principles, while criminalizing homelessness, increasing police budgets, cutting disability services, making appearances at the border wearing a goofy jacket to look “tough on immigration,” and ignoring genocide.
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Sam Almy @sfalmy.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Looking a little more at AZ-07, @dejafoxx.bsky.social unsurprisingly did well among younger voters. Generally speaking, precincts with a higher share of under 35 voters also saw a higher share of Foxx vote %. Her best* performance in Pima county was in and around the U of A precincts.
2025 AZ-07 Deja Foxx results by precinct and under 35 voters. As the % of under 35 voters increased for each precinct, so did Foxx's vote %.2025 AZ-07 Special election Deja Foxx results. Tucson Area shown, the darker precincts represent a higher vote share. Some of Foxx's best precincts were around the University of Arizona main campus.
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
My latest piece @thenation.com is the loving, heartfelt tribute you've been waiting for: "Real American Scumbag: Hulk Hogan Was a Racist, Liar, and Scab" www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
Hulk Hogan Was a Racist, Liar, and Scab
In the 1980s, the professional wrestler portrayed himself as an all-American hero—but he was really a “jabroni” the entire time.
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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Column: Yes, Adelita Grijalva is 'establishment' in Tucson politics. Her electoral wins, and those of her father's political machine over decades, makes her establishment. But that doesn't mean she can't be a progressive fighter. That's the angle she's working now. tucson.com/news/local/s...
tucson.com
Tim Steller's column: Opponents label Adelita Grijalva 'establishment candidate'
For Star subscribers: Adelita Grijalva may find it weird to be labeled the "establishment candidate" in the Dem primary for Tucson's open congressional seat. But her dad's rabble-rousing movement earn...
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Arizona Senate Democrats @azsenatedems.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
PRESS RELEASE: “A moral failure” - Sundareshan Responds to Reconciliation Passage
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/06/2025
This guy wrote a book on masculinity and he's a whining fucking coward.
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