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Betsy Nagler

@betsynagler.bsky.social
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Screenwriter & filmmaker. Alum of The Writers Lab, Stowe Narrative Lab, 2023. The Women’s List 2024.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2h
Hilarious. The big MAGA conspiracy theory about James Talarico blew up, but Megyn Kelly is still trying to wish it into being.
@LindnerCtrHope on X: Representative James Talarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope.

@megynkelly on X: Could you pls clarify @LindnerCtrHope:
1. Has James Talarico been to your facility at all at any point in the last 9 days?
2. Was the facility operator who said he had been there mistaken? Will you allow her to speak publicly?
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Well fuuuuuuck
theguardian.com
Flávio Bolsonaro poised to win Brazilian presidency after shock first-round victory
Progressive voters and supporters of incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left reeling after far-right surge
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit to compel Georgia to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-26. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
democracydocket.com
🚨 United States of America v. Raffensperger
Learn more.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Taryn @thayden.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
think that every survivor of SA should write an essay about the impact it had on their lives and send it to Cornell. This is bullshit. These guys need to be punished. Shame on them and Cornell.
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You know what’s more dangerous than a trans athlete? 7 Frat boys at Cornell University.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
GOP support grows for subpoenaing Donald Trump Jr. over the wedding party controversy: Five Senate Republicans (and counting) are taking the burgeoning scandal seriously, which is five more than usual.
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GOP support grows for subpoenaing Donald Trump Jr. over wedding party controversy
Five Senate Republicans (and counting) are taking the burgeoning scandal seriously, which is five more than usual.
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In case you thought we hadn’t quite reached end-stage capitalism.
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Well said. Fuck you Robert Kraft.
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
She needs to be primaried.
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 22/10/2024
According to too many, there is white and then there is political there is male and then there is political there is capitalism and then there is political there is straight and then there is political there is cis and then there is political there is non-disabled and then there is political
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
So we’re good with the guy who’s vocally anti-Semitic but not the guy who opposes Israel committing genocide.
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
1. This is horrific. 2. How did no major media outlet pick up this story?! It came out in December.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
James Talarico calls out Ken Paxton for repeatedly refusing to debate him. Paxton is so corrupt — and such a coward! 👀 PLEASE WATCH AND SHARE.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I feel like centrists should begin to recognize a pattern: 1) New govt. 2) Fascist disruption. 3) Quavering from centrists. 4) Precipitous decline in polling. 5) New election.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026
Possibly the most American news of all time
local12.com
Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt
Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
😂
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/09/2026
US Democratic House candidate Brian Poindexter on his opponent Max Miller: "His personal stuff comes up, but I try to keep it focused on it the issues. Because me spending time talking about him and his personal life isn't going to bring results to the people in our district."
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is the clip our robot overlords will watch on repeat when they laugh about how they gained gained power. If they have the capacity for emotion.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Sure everything keeps getting worse but it’s important not to lose sight of the fact that everything is also getting dumber.
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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A light brown bunny cuddles in a soft blanket. The overlaid text reads: "It has gotten better before and it will again."
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“When you read widely and freely, you are able to familiarize yourself with the work of many people. What you will come to realize is that many or even most of those people are not worth reading.”
open.substack.com
You Can Ignore the Bad Pundits
One easy trick to make yourself smarter.
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“I do not trust Seth Moulton. For all the good to be said about his voting record, I cannot help but think this is a man who will readily throw vulnerable people under the bus if he believes doing so is politically salient and personally beneficial.”
charlotteclymer.substack.com
Why I’m Supporting Ed Markey for Senate
I do not trust Seth Moulton.
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NOTHIN’ BUT SCHADENFREUDE
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
You got explosive diarrhea from the salad. You got E.Coli and Salmonella from the alfalfa sprouts. There were shards of glass in your popsicle you tried using for hydration. You wound up in the hospital and the saline bags also have glass in them.
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“I don’t know how I can mentally continue working 12+ hour days ‌knowing that my dad is somewhere, possibly being treated like a criminal.”
theguardian.com
Father of USS Lincoln sailor taken into ICE detention while son deployed in Middle East
Joshua Aviles says he is on a nine-month Middle East deployment and learned his father has been arrested while he was waiting for green card approval
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Among other reforms, it cannot stand that the President can sue everyone all the time but never face any lawsuits or criminal charges himself because he’s president. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic (Gift Article)
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Are people who work on film sets the only ones who consider “banana” a verb?
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Today’s edition of “Funny because it’s true.”
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Do so many white men so badly need someone to tell them that they’re better than everyone else that they’ll fall over themselves to rehabilitate unrepentant white supremacists like Hanania the moment they claim they’ve changed — giving them new platforms to spout their racism? 🤔
thehandbasket.co
You don’t have to hand it to Richard Hanania
The so-called "former" white supremacist's work doesn't show accountability—or that he's actually moved on from his earlier views, Christopher Mathias writes.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Are we just supposed to ignore the fact that The Ghoul in Fallout got himself in trouble by doing ads for Vault Tech and now the actor who plays the Ghoul, Walt Goggins, is doing ads for WalMart? DID YOU NOT READ THE SCRIPT, WALT? THIS DOESN'T END WELL FOR YOU OR US.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Way too many people have opinions on AOC’s relationship status, and every single one of them needs to shut the fuck up and mind their own business.
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
When you clearly do not care about people dying in your detention facilities — as evidenced by how many detainees have died in ICE custody in the past year thanks to, among other things, *lack* of medical treatment — it’s clear that the only reason for doing this is torture. Cruelty is the priority.
theguardian.com
Kurdish hunger striker says ICE force-feeding ‘mentally broke me’
Exclusive: Film-maker Gabar Choli describes how he endured coercive treatment over eight months in detention in Texas
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This is really smart
epi.org
The Cost of Deportations Calculator
The Trump administration is taking billions of _your_ taxpayer dollars to pay for mass deportations. The Cost of Deportations Calculator shows what could this money be used for instead.
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“Black students were called the n-word, “monkey” …Video of a sexual encounter between students was dropped into a group chat without consent…a principal was accused of inappropriately touching girls. Instead of resolving such investigations, the Trump administration indefinitely froze them.”
wapo.st
Inside school investigations frozen under Trump: Racial slurs, sexual harassment and more
The Education Department was in talks with dozens of districts at the end of the Biden administration. The cases have stalled since the president took office.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 08/08/2026
Democratic turnout for House primaries in a majority-Black Tennessee county surged to the highest level in a decade Thursday, the latest sign that redistricting may be energizing Black voters across the South.
washingtonpost.com
Voter turnout surges in Tennessee after Black-majority district is erased
High Democratic turnout for House primaries in Shelby County, which includes Memphis, is the latest sign that redistricting may be energizing Black Southern voters.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 08/08/2026
The bigoted insult he's trying to direct at trans women is disgusting. And if he's stupid enough to continue, then I can't wait to see which WNBA player with actual moves causes this washed up loser to break his ankle.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Tales of everyday corruption. Pete Hegseth cancelled the $400,000 contract for making uniforms for the Blue Angels on the grounds that the contract with "The Sewing Box" was DEI since the firm is Black-owned. Instead, he awarded it to a Trump donor for $1,690,000, a 325% price increase!
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
TPS is gone for Haitian immigrants, many of whom will soon lose their jobs and face deportation.
givebutter.com
Support Caregivers in Need
The cruel cancellation of Temporary Protected Status has created a crisis.
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Well here’s an interesting idea.
theankler.com
George Clooney Should Buy Warner Bros. - The Ankler
Op-ed: The actor couldn’t afford the studio alone. Then again, neither can the Ellisons
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
👇🎯 Your periodic reminder that we don’t have to keep doing this thing we’ve done for decades now on Every. Single. Damn. Topic. In. American. Politics.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/08/2026
So Foxnews spent weeks talking about the “vandals” destroying the reflecting pool. Now the the Govt has admitted that Trump hired terrible contractors who screwed it up and dropped the charges against the “vandal” our friends at Fox have no coverage of that fact.
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Yet another reason both of my senators need to be primaried.
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
So I’m a little late to this but I’m watching Episode 6 of Season 1 of Sugar and WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK?
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Disappointed in number of stories about Fauci that neglected to point out that the attacks on him are part of an on-going effort by Trump and GOP to distract from their catastrophic mismanagement of the pandemic, mismanagement estimated to have caused hundreds of thousands of unnecessary US deaths.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
All the Fauci stuff is a modern day version of the POW/MIA stuff after Vietnam - a way to try to rewrite the history of a huge failure of conservative ideology to be instead a story about how liberals and foreigners stabbed us in the back.
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I feel like the title of the commercial I’m working on should “Born into privilege — and flaunting it!”
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Kristy Greenberg @kristygreenberg.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Hurling F-bombs at an 85-year-old scientist who won’t fight back doesn’t make you tough. Staying silent after your own daughter accused Rep. Max Miller of holding a gun to her head, pushing her against a wall, and fracturing your granddaughter’s collarbone makes you a coward.
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