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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Imagine being the worst Senator from Missouri when your only competition is Josh Hawley…
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner. How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs?
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
There's what DHS said...and then there's reality ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Screenshot of the first three paragraphs of the linked Balls and Strikes article, reading as follows:

On the morning of Sunday, September 20, police officers in the Chicago suburb of Evanston responded to a 911 call about a confrontation in the street. When the officers arrived, they found a man on the ground who reported injuries to his head, neck, and teeth. Soon, the officers learned that the injured man was a U.S. citizen, and his assailants were federal immigration agents.

The Department of Homeland Security put out a statement on Tuesday claiming that the beaten man “resembled the target” of an immigration enforcement operation, and that he was “not cooperative” with agents’ investigation. “Once the individual finally identified himself,” said DHS, immigration officers “left the scene without further incident.” 

A video of the incident shows that immigration officers pinned the man to the ground while he repeatedly yelled, “I’m a fucking U.S. citizen,” and while concerned witnesses asked why the agents were “fucking him up.” Eventually, the agents drove off without rendering medical aid. People tried to comfort the man, who remained motionless on the ground.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/09/2026
This November, you’ll see five questions on your ballot about making government work faster for New Yorkers. Make sure you’re registered to vote by Oct. 24 and learn what’s on the ballot at nyc.gov/fast.
This November, New Yorkers will be able to vote on how fast our government runs. There will be 5 questions on your ballot on November 3rd.Simplifying construction to speed up housing.
Making it easier for small businesses to start outdoor dining.
Speeding up city contracting.
Fast-tracking street safety projects 
And strengthening our city’s savings. 
Register to vote by October 24th.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Seattle just became the first city in America to ban grocery stores from engaging in surveillance pricing. This is a huge win for consumers against companies that abuse their personal data to rip them off. Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain.
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The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off?Well, they may already be doing that thanks t
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/09/2026
JD Vance is using AI to kick hundreds of thousands of people off health insurance. These are AI death panels.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/09/2026
I told ya she did it.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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jb❌👑 👻👩‍🦰🛁 @bennyjennett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Pledge to help get out the vote this year act.indivisible.org/signup/2026-...
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Pledge to help get out the vote this year
Sign the pledge to commit to take at least one action to get out the vote for Democrats! After you sign, you’ll receive digests every one to two weeks with opportunities to help get out the vote for o...
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/09/2026
“I don’t think any of us fathomed how many names were going to be on this wall."
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The Other 9/11 Memorial
One man's fight to commemorate the 9/11 health disasters that, for many responders, have never ended.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem taught America that sexism is a symptom of a system that can be changed. 

From the fight for equal pay to abortion access and political representation, she showed that progress comes when people organize, build power and refuse to accept inequality as inevitable.

She staged protests, established domestic violence shelters, created a magazine owned and operated entirely by women and helped build a movement that fundamentally changed this country.

Her legacy is the millions of people she inspired to believe that a more just world was possible.

She lived in New York for 70 years. We were lucky to have her. We mourn her loss and will carry her work forward.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ” —Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026
We're just hurtling toward immense destruction & suffering & the entire US political class has agreed it's better not to talk about it. "Insanity" barely covers it.
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U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate Target
Carbon removal combined with emissions reduction is the only remaining pathway to avert catastrophic levels of warming, a new report warns.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Rest in peace, Wendell Berry.
The Peace of Wild Things
Wendell Berry

When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

from Openings: Poems (1968)
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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
For far too long, business and tourism have plagued this country.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Have you seen any reporting on how solar power generation in the USA is 5 times higher than it was in 2020 in mainstream outlets? If not, why do you think this is not being widely covered the same way other large technological changes are?
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ᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026
16 months ago: Never forget how it started.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Roses are redde Noble are the manatees For a bettir future Teach artes and humanityes
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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
“I have struggled to understand how this can happen to people who have never broken the law, in a system I believed to be based on the rule of law.”
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jb❌👑 👻👩‍🦰🛁 @bennyjennett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Urge Your Senators to Oppose and Stop Trump's Crypto Corruption act.indivisible.org/sign/urge-de...
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Urge Your Senators to Oppose and Stop Trump's Crypto Corruption
Last year, the House passed the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633), a bill disguised as “crypto regulation” that actually serves the billionaires and bad actors at the center of today’s crypto chaos. This bill d...
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Insane. Wasteful. Counterproductive. "The Trump administration has now bought out 12 offshore wind leases, paying energy developers $3.93 billion for the privilege of NOT developing renewable energy along the American coastline." heatmap.news/daily/rwe-of...
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Another $1.2 Billion to Not Build Wind Farms
The Trump administration has signed a deal with RWE, a German developer, to cancel more than 3 gigawatts of offshore wind near New York and New Jersey.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Good framing.
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Kindergarten girls targeted for invasive exams by new GOP-led ballot measure
Washington State voters will decide the fate of a ballot initiative that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before playing school sports — a ...
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 25/07/2026
My two cents People are going to get so fucking sick and not know why. Some people are going to die.
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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
"Our results show a fundamental mismatch between the justifications for intensified immigration enforcement & the empirical patterns of that enforcement’s implementation." This valuable study puts so many communities' experiences in context. The data will also be so useful for others. Thank you!
Arrests per 100,000 noncitizens by AOR and method, relative to inauguration. Notes: Uses ICE ERO administrative arrest data from 2016, 2017, 2024, 2025, and 2026. Vertical red lines show inauguration dates. To obtain a rate arrests are divided by the number of noncitizens in the AOR (from the 2015 ACS for Term 1 and the 2023 ACS for Term 2), and multiplied by 100,000. To align the ICE classifications, the San Antonio AOR includes the Houston and San Antonio AORs in 2016–2017 and Harlingen, Houston, and San Antonio AORs in 2024–2026.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/07/2026
Join our kickoff call on Thursday: www.mobilize.us/indi...
MAIL-IN BALLOT CHANGES
Last-minute court decisions, executive actions, or new laws could change when mail ballots must be received or how they're counted.
Even unsuccessful attempts to change the rules can create confusion and discourage voters.
Share verified updates quickly, encourage others to return ballots ASAP or vote early in-person, and help voters track their ballots.
2026 Election Defense Scenarios
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HANDS OFF OUR VOTEDOJ INVESTIGATIONS
Federal officials may announce sudden investigations into election workers, voting organizations, or local results.
An investigation isn't proof of fraud - and it doesn't automatically stop election work. Targeted organizations and officials can continue their work, challenge overreach, and tell the public what is really happening.
We don't have to accept their framing. We can expose intimidation, support those targeted, and keep defending the vote.
2026 Election Defense Scenarios
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We do not have to wait for a crisis to act.
Across history, attempts to silence voters have been stopped by people who prepared early, told the truth, protected one another, and refused to give up their power.
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2026 Election Defense Scenarios
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/07/2026
Stopping Trump’s election sabotage means preparing for all of the threats we could face — and being ready with community power, not panic. We're organizing in all 50 states so every eligible voter can cast their ballot and have it counted. We are democracy’s strongest line of defense.
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UNITED STATES 2026 ELECTION DEFENSE SCENARIOS:
INDIVISIBLE HANDS OFF OUR VOTE
BEFORE ELECTION DAY
Attempts to silence voters begin long before polls open - from voter purges and sudden rule changes to attacks on voting infrastructure.
The most important thing to know is that we are not powerless - we can organize to defeat these efforts and ensure every eligible voter can cast their ballot and be counted.
Swipe through the scenarios — and start building the relationships and plans your community will need in 2026. Indivisible's Hands Off Our Vote will have tools to help you every step of the way.
This series is adapted from Freedom Trainer's "Election Defense Scenarios." Election procedures vary by state and may change quickly. Confirm current information with state and local election officials and seek qualified legal guidance when needed.CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION
VOTER ROLL PURGES
Eligible voters could discover they are no longer registered.
Officials may use inaccurate data to remove voters from the rolls or challenge their eligibility at the polls. Purges fall hardest on Black voters, voters of color, and infrequent voters. But a purge doesn't have to become a lost vote.
Check your registration regularly and help others do the same.
Make sure voters know their options if their names are missing.
Join voter purge phone banks to help protect those most at risk.
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OUR VOTEID REQUIREMENTS
CLOSE TO ELECTION
The ID you've always used may not be accepted.
New or inconsistently enforced voter ID rules could leave eligible voters confused, unprepared, or incorrectly turned away. These barriers are especially likely to affect voters who are older, low-income, students, naturalized citizens, or using a married name.
Learn your state's current ID rules and help your community obtain ID now.
2026 Election Defense Scenarios
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HANDS OFF OUR VOTEDROP BOX SABOTAGE / BOMB THREATS
Drop boxes or voting sites may be damaged, threatened, or temporarily closed to create fear and confusion.
The goal: make voting feel unsafe and convince people to stay home.
Vote early. Know where to find accurate, official updates.
Report problems immediately, share verified alternative locations, and help voters safely change their plans.
2026 Election Defense Scenarios
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
most murders are committed by someone the victim knows - a partner, neighbor etc. but in cases where there is no relationship between murderer & victim? the killer is a cop about a third of the time. if you are killed by a stranger, there is a 1 in 3 chance that stranger is a cop.
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Violence in Blue
‘One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police.’
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
If Jared Kushner paid €110m to buy an island in Albania that has no fresh water from a guy who did not own it, it would help explain why his negotiations with Iran on behalf of the US have not been entirely successful
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 08/07/2026
On July 8, at about 11:10 GMT, about 99 percent of the world experiences sunlight at the same time.
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99% of people on Earth will get sunlight at the same time this Wednesday
On July 8, at about 11:10 GMT, about 99 percent of the world experiences sunlight at the same time.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Abusers sabotage their own agenda and betray those who share it while placing the burden on victims to come forward and be punished, blamed, shamed, disbelieved, or not come forward and suffer in silence and let an abuser hold power. Abusers demonstrate radical selfishness.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 02/07/2026
oh shit they all got signed!! here’s some good trans legislative news for once
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/07/2026
The ‘dog days’ of summer get their name due to their association with the Dog Star, Sirius, found in the constellation Canis Major. The first visible rising of Sirius occurs during the hot stretch from early July to early September. Woof.
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J Mills @jmillsjr.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
“Every video I have seen of Zohran Mamdani this week feels like watching a 90s movie called "KID MAYOR" where every idea works and he wears a basketball jersey under a suit jacket and his main villain is Donald
Trump.”
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 04/06/2026
How do you measure the impact of something that didn't happen? How can we ever know how much damage to future discovery Trump has done by gutting science funding today? One way you can try: Look at recent breakthroughs to see what role federal funding played in making them possible. Like this one:
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The Cancer Research Machine Trump Is Gutting Just Delivered a Big Breakthrough
There’s new hope for one of the deadliest cancers. But Trump’s war on research puts future discoveries at risk.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 30/05/2026
Yesterday I published this detailed article arguing that women are simply not safe around men. I cited history, data, legal analysis, and meaningful solutions to combat the systemic violence men commit against women. It is currently approaching 500,000 reads. www.qasimrashid.com/p/women-are-...
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Women Are Not Safe Around Men
This is a fact. The data is unambiguous and the solutions exist. The only thing missing is the will to act.
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jb❌👑 👻👩‍🦰🛁 @bennyjennett.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22/05/2026
These 8 Democrats voted to pass a national ban on trans teachers and mention of LGBTQ topics. Rep Henry Cuellar (TX) Rep. Don Davis (NC) Rep. Cleo Fields (LA) Rep. Laura Gillen (NY) Rep. Vicente González (TX) Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH) Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) Rep. Eugene Vindman (VA)
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lucasmundus @lucasmundus.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The Fourteenth Amendment, written in the blood of the Civil War, says in Section 4 that this is blatantly illegal: “[N]either the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Attention all men. More of this, please.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The John Roberts Court has done more to reduce the political power of poor people and Black people while enlarging the voting rights of rich people and corporations than has any court since Roger Taney was Chief Justice in the 1800s. I opposed his nomination in 2005, and I stand by that.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/04/2026
The Trump administration on Friday dismissed members of an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation, which finances much of the public scientific research in the U.S.
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Trump Fires Board Members of Group That Oversees U.S. Science Funding
The dismissals from an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation marked the president’s latest assault on scientific research organizations.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/04/2026
Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.
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USAID Whistleblower Says It Was Even Worse Than People Knew
Political appointees wanted a quiet drawdown, the whistleblower says. DOGE wanted an execution.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Amidst all the GOP whining tonight, a reminder that the Democrats would currently control the House were it not for the late, illegal GOP gerrymandering in GA & NC in 2024.
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Aiyana White @aiyanaewhite.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
THREAD. This single headline in the NYT contains two outrageous claims reported as fact: 1) Vance "tried" to end the war; and 2) he "opposed" it. Neither is supported, but the thing to understand is: why is lying about the *intention* of powerful people so key to propaganda?
21 Hours in Pakistan: How Vance Tried and Failed to End a War He Opposed
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