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Political Scientist | US History Professor | Author | Unapologetically Black ✊🏾✊🏾 Author of Musings of a Black Man in Trump’s America brandonjsutton.substack.com

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17h
Whether it’s Benjamin Netanyahu empowering Hamas, presiding over a massive intelligence failure that let them kill 1,200 Israelis on October 7th, and then killing 74,000 Palestinians in response or Zohran Mamdani pointing out that he did this, both men have fueled their bitter feud.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 29/09/2026
Reminder that Trump cut funds that could have helped Africa stop the spread of Ebola. trib.al/an8St24
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Trump Asks African Reporter How Ebola Is Going
Reminder that Trump cut funds that could have helped Africa stop the spread of Ebola.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you put Republicans in charge of the presidency, they blame Congress for their failures. If they also control Congress, they blame the courts. If they control the courts, they blame their state. If they control their state, they blame a secret shadowy deep state, NGOs & media.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
Trump asks an African reporter, "how is ebola going?"
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
He says this with a straight face as gas reaches $4.50/gal, diesel reaches $6.50/gal, mortgage rates soar over 7%, grocery costs are rising, and Americans’ sentiments towards the economy are the lowest they’ve been since the Great Recession.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins
Now @AshleyMoodyFL. Why would I want to abolish the police when I want you arrested and in jail for stealing $10 million from sick kids? BFFR
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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I used to think legacy media had just given up. Then I realized they are actually working very hard. Just not the way they’re supposed to. Not for the people they’re supposed to.
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Juliana Stratton @julianastratton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our elections are free, fair, and secure — the Trump administration should not be interfering in them. But this Supreme Court continues to advance Trump’s goal of creating mass chaos and confusion ahead of the midterm elections to keep you from making your voice heard.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The tragedy has been so knowable. This from seven years ago — and we’re still paying for so many Americans letting it happen.
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Dr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As a former megachurch youth pastor I can tell you that Hegseth is running the military like a megachurch youth pastor, which as a former megachurch youth pastor I can tell you is a bad idea.
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Joyce @joyces1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/09/2026
oh...this is bad
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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 18/09/2026
FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Them
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FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Them
ICE officers on dating apps should be wary of tradwives, an FBI memo suggested, as well as any woman whose profile would "appeal" to them.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump banning media outlets from the WH over their coverage is unlikely to affect their reporting much, but it is yet another example of how the right wing definition of “free speech” is that they can say what they want and you can say what they want. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Speak at Your Own Risk
Donald Trump’s attacks on the First Amendment
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The White House Press Corps should've walked out as soon as the Trump regime banned the Associated Press for calling the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of Mexico." That was Feb 15, 2025. The first month of Trump Term II. Not surprising that abandoning principles for weak acquiescence led to more abuse.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026
Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The most incompetent administration in history by far, populated by idiots from top to bottom putting all of our lives in danger.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If my company killed 123 children, the U.S. government would shut us down and send me to jail
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The U.S. military swung into action to intercept a Chinese ship after an “entirely false” AI-generated intelligence report inaccurately identified what the vessel was carrying It also “almost started a war,” a source told CNN.
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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The FCC will allow the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, & Abu Dhabi to own nearly 50% of a merged Paramount-Warner Bros — potentially giving them sway over our media. This of course comes after Trump received gifts or struck business deals with these countries. See the problem?
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FCC Approves 49.5% Foreign Ownership of Paramount-Warner Bros.
The FCC has approved Paramount's petition to allow 49.5% ownership by Gulf state sovereign wealth funds as part of its W
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Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
71% seems low
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71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
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Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Langston Hughes’ literary estate now belongs to International Literary Properties, which says a Harlem Renaissance licensing program is next on its list.”
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Private Equity Is Coming for Authors, Dead or Alive - The Ankler
Like music catalogs, literary estates are now targeted by investment firms and changing how Hollywood will deal with IP
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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Apparently it is of no concern to any Republicans that Trump and Bessent are taking in billions of dollars from plundered Venezuelan oil and nobody knows where the money is, where is has been going, if anyone is getting proceeds, with no accounting of any of it made available.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Staff also reported that time spent in the small metal enclosures is closely monitored, and
detainees are not locked in, even though we observed locking mechanisms on the enclosures.
Figures 11 and 12. Small Metal Enclosures; Observed January 21, 2026

Underneath is a picture of a metal cage that is 4 feet 3 inches wide by 4 feet 3 inches long, and 7 feet 9 inches high. The cage itself is placed on a tiny spot of fake turf, and then surrounded by another chainlink fence with razor wire on top. The cage is covered by a roof, but it's entirely exposed to the outside otherwise, meaning mosquitos and no air conditioning.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It’s all identity politics, but since it’s largely white identity politics it’s fine and doesn’t count. It’s not something communist like police shouldn’t be able to get away with murder bsky.app/profile/chri...
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Maxima @maxima-infinity.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 14/09/2026
A massive, important read from @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu:
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Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/09/2026
"Twelve years into our endless era of Trump, mainstream outlets remain reluctant to tell the public in stark terms that their president is an orange bag of gas and flimflam whose promises are as much of a hoax as his increasingly grotesque hair."
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“Trump Dividend” is the new Trump Steaks
The con artist in chief’s latest scam.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages as ‘Calming Areas,’ Report Says (Gift Article)
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered Florida detention center.
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Had anti-fascists not been closely watching various fascist groups over the past decade, the public would not know that a current GOP nominee for the Florida House of Representatives is an unrepentant white supremacist talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
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Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.
The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I asked Florida GOP & Republican National Committee for comment, detailing how Rawson: -marched at deadly Charlottesville Nazi rally w/ white supremacist flag -had dozens of white supremacist donors -once wrote "public lynchings worked" They did not respond. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
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Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.
The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026
The Republican Party is chock full of open race scientists and Hitler apologists, so naturally our political press is laser focused on reckoning with “wokeness” and trans kids playing sports.
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WRMS Traffic & Weather Reporter on the 2’s @carnegro.blacksky.app · 13/09/2026
I missed FAMU honoring Dolly Parton at Miami Friday night.
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Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.thepinknews.com/2022/10/10/d...
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Dolly Parton quietly funded Black school bands: 'The woman is a national treasure'
Dolly Parton paid for band uniforms and instruments for kids at majority Black high schools with zero publicity, a writer has revealed.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/09/2026
Mike Johnson is backing a GOP candidate who called children “cum trophies” and made Nazi jokes. Confronted on CNN, Johnson’s excuse: “That was his persona online.”
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Mike Johnson Defends Backing Candidate Who Called Children ‘Cum Trophies’
Speaker: “That was his persona online.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Reminder: Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen in 3 months.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it. He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
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‘Serial Killer Empire’: US Kills 3 in Boat Strike, Bringing Trump Murder Count in ‘Make-Believe War’ to 230 | Common Dreams
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio defends deadly boat bombings in the Caribbean, claiming to target "narco-terrorists."
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 13/09/2026
Also have to point out Musk said he was saving humanity he meant he was buying Twitter to promote race science to slow a popular movement for racial justice.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 13/09/2026
$5000 midterm bribe for 330M Americans costs $1.6 Trillion GOP:¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Meanwhile: •Insulin for diabetics: $40B •Universal Pre-K: $60B •Universal 4-yr-college: $70B •SNAP for 40M Americans: $80B •Cancel all medical debt: $150B •$1.2T REMAINS GOP: HoW wE gOnNa AfForD iT? SOCIALISM COMMUNISM NOO!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/09/2026
this is a man so hollow, pathetic and power hungry that he is actively trying to ingratiate himself with neo-nazi groypers who think he is a race traitor
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The most corrupt regime ever. With no close 2nd.
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Steve Witkoff Earned More Than $100 Million From Entity Tied to Trump Crypto
The Trump envoy’s income surged in 2025, lifted by gains from World Liberty Financial.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“I assume you’re saying literally you believe A.I. could kill us all by the end of the decade.” “Yeah.” 😕 Jacob Coxon tells CNN why he decided to leave Anthropic, says he was shocked his warning about A.I. maybe killing us all went viral.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The messaging is so weird, that the federal government has enough money to just issue every American $5,000 today if the president wants to, BUT ALSO, no, he doesn't want to right now (only if the GOP wins).
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
john fetterman is the first rat in history to climb onto a sinking ship.
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