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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My latest... annpettifor.substack.com/p/the-bond-m...
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The Bond Market’s Premonition: High Rates, Defaults, Slump & War
The K-shaped global economy that enriched the rich and impoverished the rest now threatens collapse.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 05/10/2026
“The painful reality is that any semblance of a responsible GOP is dead and buried, and Democrats cannot succeed if they focus on rehabilitating this cadaver. MAGA, or some form of nationalist-populist politics, is driven by deep structural forces, and so MAGA is going to define the GOP for decades”
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You Can't Build a Better Politics on Bad History
Sarah Longwell's "How to Eat an Elephant" offers useful advice for Democratic politics. Yet it is also based on a false history of the GOP.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 04/10/2026
Good morning. Just how much have successive UK governments spent - or is the current one due to spend - with Peter Thiel’s Palantir? 🧵⤵️
Graphic showing Palantir founder Peter Thiel and totals of money spent since 2014 – or due to be spent – by UK government departments and agencies. Design: Lynsey Irvine
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
President Macron, "Brexit has cost the UK 8% of GDP.. Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years" My view: Brexit was sold as a route to greater prosperity: less bureaucracy, more money, new trade opportunities Instead, Britain put new barriers between itself and its largest trading market.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 01/10/2026
"I’m just thinking out loud here, but maybe a political party that has dedicated the last forty years to taking away women’s rights could also give some thought to how to protect girls and women after they’re born?" buff.ly/K3eqEvg
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How Could Such a Thing Still Happen in a Country with a Frat Boy Supreme Court Justice?
“I’m just thinking out loud here, but maybe a political party that has dedicated the last forty years to taking away women’s rights could also give some thou...
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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Once they’ve taken root they are hard to get rid of….” youtube.com/shorts/a9Uk9...
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Fed up with the billionaires, Butters calls an exterminator.
YouTube video by South Park Studios
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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Trump is a wanna be authoritarian, but he is also a wanna be real housewife. Picking fights where ever he goes, whenever he can, because he is a messy bitch who lives for the drama”.
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Eddie S. Glaude @esglaude.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Life is Too Short
“We can be better people, a better country, if we dare to imagine…”
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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Venezuelans demand opposition leader Machado's return — DW
Hundreds of people held rallies in Venezuela demanding the safe return of Maria Corina Machado, and fair elections.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 27/09/2026
NEW Stewart Lee column The collapse of compassion in post-Brexit Britain suggests it’s now time for Roman-style lethal spectacles. The alternative – stopping malign global influences from destabilising our society, say - seems beyond us www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

At this rate, we'll be staging public drownings of migrants, to address 'legitimate concerns': Stewart Lee on the collapse of compassion in post-Brexit Britain. Stylised image of a RNLI ferry
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
JUST FILED: Sitting behind her desk in central North Carolina, Amy Beros warned me: “It’s really hard for people in the United States to understand the scale……” of what’s about to unfold macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/they-dont-...
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Dan Preston @danpreston.com · 27/09/2026
Will Bunch is why I subscribe to the Philly Inquirer. Here he calls out the media for (once again) sane washing Trump, in probably the most egregious case of all – his profoundly and dangerously unhinged speech to the UN last week. It's a 5-alarm fire folks. But you wouldn't know it reading the NYT.
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We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 24/09/2026
"they're coming for birth control" is not alarmism, that is absolutely next on the agenda I have my doubts on how successful it'll be but they're going to make a real go of it
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
In case you missed it, read our original investigation:
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 18/09/2026
“I don't want to buy 2,000 pound bombs.” @abdulelsayed.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how he’d use Trump’s $2.8 billion deal to send 2,000 pound bombs to Israel funded by U.S. taxpayers. Watch more: zeteo.com/p/abdul-el-s...
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Pitchfork Economics @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Earning a living wage matters. But people also need power, belonging, community, and some reason to believe the system isn’t just built for people with private jets. 🎧 ➡️ bit.ly/4qMnwlf
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Pitchfork Economics @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Why is the answer always cutting benefits? Rey Fuentes from @rooseveltinstitute.org joins us to unpack what’s really driving Social Security’s looming shortfall — and how we can fix it without cutting benefits. 🎧 ➡️ bit.ly/3UIuf3B
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Pitchfork Economics @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In 1983, Social Security taxes captured about 90% of wages. So what changed? 🎧 ➡️ bit.ly/3UIuf3B
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 14/09/2026
Newsletter: The supposedly “unprecedented” ethics restrictions in the industry-written Clarity Act exempt Trump’s crypto businesses and leave enforcement to his loyalists. Senators must vote no on cloture tomorrow.
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The Senate must reject the Clarity Act’s ethics charade
The supposedly “unprecedented” ethics restrictions exempt Trump’s crypto businesses and leave enforcement to his loyalists
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism
In a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other
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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
”History is a battleground. This is cultivated ignorance.” apple.news/A3AnqIBvGRE2...
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Political analyst describes Trump admin changes to confederate monument as ‘cultivated ignorance’ — MS NOW
This week, officials erased critical words from a Confederate memorial marker at the Arlington National Cemetery. MS NOW political analyst and Princeton University professor Eddie Glaude joins Antonia...
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 11/09/2026
"If Trump is taking America down, if he is going to bury this country, all the good in it and all its prosperity and potential, then he wants his most adoring and loyal retainers with him. He wants his cult locked inside." www.liberalcurrents.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Wants to Bury America With Him

His speech at the GOP's midterm convention came off like a Jim Jones sermon.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In 1937, Stalin's census found the famine killed millions.⁣ ⁣ His government suppressed the report and shot the statisticians who made it.⁣ ⁣ Three weeks ago, that kind of suppression was illegal in America. Now it isn't. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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The Sentence That Used to Protect American Statistics
"Protection from inappropriate influence is a hallmark of scientific integrity." That line governed the Census Bureau and then the White House quietly disappeared it.
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Zeteo UK @zeteo.uk · 08/09/2026
Ed Miliband has announced a trade ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements and a new sanctions regime. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social explains why it marks an “extraordinary break with decades of British policy”. Read more: zeteo.uk/p/a-jewish-f...
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026
Today's threads (a thread) Inside: How corporate America built a better Roach Motel; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/07/h... #Pluralistic
A fake Harvard Business Review cover, dated September-October 2026. It features a large Roach Motel under the headline 'THE NEW CUSTOMER RETENTION' with the subhead 'Why acquire customers when you can take hostages?'A fake Harvard Business Review cover, dated September-October 2026. It features a large Roach Motel under the headline 'THE NEW CUSTOMER RETENTION' with the subhead 'Why acquire customers when you can take hostages?'
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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“Oklahoma and Missouri Republican lawmakers have opposed state bans on child marriage, arguing that such restrictions constitute government overreach and interfere with parental authority” - wonder why they hate feminism, calls for Epstein files release & access to healthcare without control?
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Whatever happened to the U.S. campaign to ban child marriage? — NPR
The global effort to end child marriage is in the news. In the U.S., there's a new bill before Congress (but it's controversial). And the U.N. is designating a day dedicated to ending the practice.
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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
In which I name the guilty men & their determination to use 'blackshirts' & the far right to destroy democratic demands for wealth taxes and other forms of financial regulation. annpettifor.substack.com/p/the-guilty...
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The Guilty Men Driving Britons into ‘End Times Fascism’
While politicians pretend to be powerless. Ignore them. Change IS possible.
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Mike Konczal @mtkonczal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
BLS this morning, with revised 2Q data: "The labor share, which is the percentage of output that accrues to workers in the form of compensation, was 52.8 percent in the second quarter of 2026, the lowest level in the series, which begins in the first quarter of 1947."
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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“More than 70,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military in the three years of the Gaza war. The army’s own internal data suggests more than three-quarters of the dead have been civilians.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘Guilt by association’: why seven international aid workers were killed in Israeli airstrike
Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals targeting of World Central Kitchen convoy was result of widely used military tactic
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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Actual public safety is the OPPOSITE of a GOP priority.
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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“painstakingly reveals is that the lack of expertise into how these networks allowed the press to become unwitting accessories to the bad faith actors who acted as part of a co-ordinated network”.
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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“painstakingly reveals is that the lack of expertise into how these networks allowed the press to become unwitting accessories to the bad faith actors who acted as part of a co-ordinated network”.
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We are witnessing a shock redistribution from the many to the rich: The profit share is at its highest level since WWII. The first bump was sellers’ inflation which ushered in Trump. The second bump is Trump’s chaos casino designed to push up profits.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/08/2026
Between 2015 and 2025, at least 15 children in an Idaho faith-healing sect died of treatable conditions. State law allows that to happen: Parents who say their faith prohibits giving their children lifesaving medical care can’t be prosecuted.
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Idaho Law Protects Faith Healers. It Wasn’t Always That Way.
From at least the 1880s through the early 1970s, it was illegal for parents in Idaho to choose prayer over medical care when a child’s life was at stake.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The Guardian provided the essential context yesterday: “It’s a land grab – a massive land grab,” said one well-known opposition figure….”This is not the United States of the Marshall plan. This is a rapacious, mafioso United States.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Venezuelan opposition up in arms over reports US wants big stake in oil and gas
Critics call move to gain long-term access to country’s massive energy reserves ‘predatory’ and ‘unconstitutional’
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. In 2025, he made 1,794x more. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers? I will continue my boycott of Starbucks. Solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:
BOYCOTT STARBUCKS is written inside a zig-zaggy speech bubble against crumbled paper. Beside it are the Starbucks Workers United logo and an image of a coffee cup being poured out.We, the 12,000 and growing members of Starbucks Workers United, call on everyone who stands with working people to boycott Starbucks until they finalize a contract with union baristas and stop union-busting.
What we’re fighting for is simple: a minimum $17/hr wage, enough hours to live on, better staffing in our stores, and basic workplace protections. Every year, our living costs rise but our wages don’t keep up – a growing pressure many American workers are feeling as corporate greed accelerates unchecked in our country. 
Starbucks is banking on customers' blind loyalty to the integrity and values this company once stood for in order to keep squeezing them for profits. At a time when working-class people across the country are struggling in a challenging economy, it is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers; choosing to spend money at Starbucks is choosing a law breaking corporation over the baristas who make your coffee everyday exactly as you ask for it.
Starbucks has violated U.S. labor law more than any other company in modern history–the NLRB and its judges have found that Starbucks committed hundreds of labor violations and there are currently more than 550 unresolved unfair labor practice charges still pending against the company. Instead of finalizing a fair and reasonable union contract, Starbucks has repeatedly demonstrated a lack of care for the workers who fuel the company’s profits by wasting millions of dollars on AI and technology that doesn’t work, launching countless gimmicky drinks designed to distract from real problems, and inventing pointless policies that do nothing but make our jobs harder. 
This ongoing, irrational behavior by Starbucks and its refusal to settle a fair union contract with workers leaves us with no other choice than to call for a boycott. We know when working people stand up together, we win. 
No Contract? No Coffee.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Census Bureau's report is more than just a bad number.⁣ ⁣ Our government is destroying the institutions charged with telling the truth.⁣ ⁣ newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"No one could have predicted...." Part# 299,473,528: cc @jesspish.bsky.social, @emayfarris.bsky.social @mirya.bsky.social
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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Epitomizes MAGA ideology: if you cannot remold or control it, destroy it. “Freedom” is partisan rhetoric for their base ➡️ its fascism.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
It has been 7 months since federal agents killed two Minnesotans. Alex Pretti’s family has lost a son and a brother, who his sister called her “hero.” Alex Pretti's family is calling for accountability and justice. They deserve nothing less. youtu.be/V47dE01V8sc?...
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Family of Alex Pretti speak out
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Jim Harris @jimeharrisjr.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Still time to catch tonight's live stream of Everyone is Lying to You for Money with @benmckenzie.bsky.social www.everyoneislying.com/watch
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Watch | Global Screening Event — Everyone Is Lying To You For Money
Watch the special global streaming event celebrating Everyone Is Lying to You for Money.
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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“Meta is taking a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ strategy” when it comes to child safety, Béjar testified. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta’s alleged strategy laid out in first week of landmark trial
In trial that opened on Tuesday, California and 28 other states accused the company of designing addictive sites and violating laws protecting children’s privacy
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Please take a moment and read Lara Korte’s last story that she filed for Stars and Stripes published 3 hours ago. Thank you Lara for your professional dedication and journalistic values. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
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Today, I was informed that the Department of Defense is firing me for insubordination after I told a CBS reporter that I work for Stars and Stripes - not the Pentagon, not any administration, and not any policy maker.
3:29 PM • 8/21/26 • 155K Views

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@lara_korte • 1h
I consider it a great privilege to live alongside members of the military and share their stories. It's a shame for the institution and service members, who swore to defend the Constitution and deserve right to a free and independent press.
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Pitchfork Economics @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Liberal democracy can’t survive on speeches about democracy. It has to deliver. @dacemoglumit.bsky.social joins us to discuss his new book, What Happened to Liberal Democracy?, and the case for working-class liberalism: good jobs, shared prosperity & technology that works for people. bit.ly/4wimPRP
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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Apropos my #Edbookfest presentation last night... and with thanks to the wonderful audience..
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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dipping a toe in a new ish... rickperlstein.substack.com/p/what-defea...
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What Defeating the American-Israel Political Action Committee Means, on the Ground
AIPAC and Me, Part I (a series?)
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
when protest becomes "terrorism" www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lKH...
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When protest becomes ‘TERRORISM’:The Trump admin's escalating war on dissent
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
NEW: Three examples of how Trump's lawlessness is spreading — and how the other branches are failing. Todd Blanche is confirmed as attorney general, Stephen Miller is backing a new birthright citizenship executive order, and Judge Emily Marks won't dismiss the SPLC indictment.
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Three examples of how Trump's lawlessness is spreading — and how the other branches are failing
Todd Blanche is confirmed as attorney general, Stephen Miller is backing a new birthright citizenship executive order, and Judge Emily Marks won't dismiss the SPLC indictment.
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