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Living in real time, the documentary, "Idiocracy"

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isogsargent.bsky.social @isogsargent.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Here, we have a president who, by his own account, personally called a federal prosecutor to intervene in an ongoing election — and the story has barely registered. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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Trump told us exactly what he did
Here, we have a president who, by his own account, personally called a federal prosecutor to intervene in an ongoing election — and the story has barely registered.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/06/2026
Over 20 years, Peter Thiel quietly turned his Roth IRA into a gargantuan tax-exempt piggy bank. Using stock deals unavailable to most people, the billionaire took a retirement account worth less than $2,000 in 1999 and spun it into a $5 billion windfall. (Published 2021)
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Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank
Roth IRAs were intended to help average working Americans save, but IRS records show Thiel and other ultrawealthy investors have used them to amass vast untaxed fortunes.
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dls100.bsky.social @dls100.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
According to his niece, Mary Trump:
Donald, on the other hand, couldn't even get into college. When he graduated from New York Military Academy that spring, he hadn't yet been accepted anywhere and asked his older sister, Maryanne, for help. She drove him around to local schools close enough to my grandparents' house so he could commute, and Fordham University finally found a spot for him. Fordham, however, wasn't prestigious enough for him. He had his sights set on the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School.
Because Maryanne did his homework for him and wrote his papers, his grades were decent enough, but he worried about the SATs. To hedge his bets, he paid a guy he knew, with a reputation for being a good test taker, to take his SATs for him. Just to be on the safe side, he also asked my dad to speak with his fraternity brother, who worked in Penn's admissions office to put in a good word.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 21/05/2026
🚨Last night in House Appropriations, all Republicans present voted to allow THEMSELVES to get settlements from the January 6th Slush Fund. I am not making this up.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Trump doesn't care about the economic plight of the average American because he's too busy calling his broker His stunning 3,700 trades in just 3 months in firms like Palantir, Nvidia and Boeing should be another Watergate. Here's how to make it one My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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The E-Trade presidency: Trump trades stocks while America burns | Will Bunch
The tangled web between Trump’s stock purchases, his policies, and blatant promotion is a new low for a corrupt regime.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I Wasn't Aware Of This,So I Googled It,And Golly Gee, It's True. But President Obama, nor Biden, Sniveled About It,And CRYBABY Chump, Can't Help Himself......
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
"Do you regret your heated rhetoric?" "No. Do you regret your chilled rhetoric? Do you regret sitting on the sidelines as norms fell away and so many laws were broken? Do you regret pretending like this was all normal and you alone were savvy enough to see that Both Sides Are To Blame?"
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Reminder: tRump has 34 felony CONVICTIONS. In addition, Judge Kaplan said: “The jury’s finding of sexual abuse therefore necessarily implies that it found that Mr. Trump forcibly penetrated her vagina... in other words, that he raped her."
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a cartoon of a man standing in a glass house .
Alt: a cartoon of a man standing in a glass house .
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/04/2026
Melania Trump wants these photos and emails to be scrubbed from the Internet. Please stop liking and sharing them. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 28/03/2026
“Section 14 of the Press Law ordered editors ‘to keep out of the newspapers anything which…tends to weaken the strength of the German Reich, outwardly or inwardly.’” - William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 405
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Iran Things that Got Memory Holed, Including the So-Called Negotiators, Steve and Jared emptywheel.net/iran-things-...
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Iran Things that Got Memory Holed, Including the So-Called Negotiators, Steve and Jared - emptywheel
There are a number of facts about Iran that are being memory holed by significant swaths of the public. There’s the fact that Iran’s conflict with the west doesn’t just go back 47 years, to 1979, when...
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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Getting tired of the dog & pony show between Trump, Witkoff, Kushner & Putin. The only objective for Team Trump is to string Ukraine along so Russia can murder civilians. South Florida is a hotbed of Russian mob activity & Witkoff launders their cash thru commercial properties.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
This makes me think of that 1990 interview Trump did with Playboy where he admitted that when it came to Tiananmen Square, he was rooting for the tanks.
"When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it," Trump said. "Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak."
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NakedTruth @wertheworld.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
🚨 Special counsel Jack Smith: “President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol…does not happen without him”
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Brian @briandw.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Hey Vikings, I'm glad you played well, but 7-10/8-9 is the worst record to have in the nfl.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/11/2025
Donald Trump says airspace above and around Venezuela is closed
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Donald Trump says airspace above and around Venezuela is closed
President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of ‘worsening security situation’ Donald Trump said on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety. Trump, in a Truth Social post said: “To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY.” Continue reading...
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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
A woman using the pseudonym Katie Johnson has alleged that she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and raped by Donald Trump when she was thirteen. Despite the extremely detailed and credible nature of her account, the corporate media have largely ignored it.
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She Says Trump Raped Her When She Was a Child
The Andy Borowitz Show
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Contest every race. Have a candidate in every race on every ballot in every county in every state. Run even if you know you can’t win. Run because you know you can’t win. No seat uncontested. Bring the fight to every ballot.
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Brian @briandw.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Jasmine passed the bar, and AOC was an Intel Science finalist. Let's orange turd do either of that.
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Brian @briandw.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
We need to communicate that SNAP, USAid, school mealss, and food bank funding are ALL FARM SUBSIDY PROGRAMS. They were created by Dems so farmers would have price stability for their excess production and planning while supplying Americans with cheap food and poverty support. It is a system!
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Inside sources reportedly say Donald Trump has been heard privately joking about just how easily he believes he’s able to puppeteer House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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Trump Humiliates Mike Johnson Behind Closed Doors
The president reportedly views the highest office in the House as little more than a puppet for his whims.
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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Surprise
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Devin @metaldad666.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Yet, not a single judge has the balls to do what is required: hold people in contempt and throw them in prison.
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Brian @briandw.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Perhaps since Soros isn't sending me a check, he could release the Bessent files.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
@atrupar.com I can't imagine why this regime would want US farms to fail. Oh.. wait...
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JD Vance funded AcreTrader. Here’s why that matters.
The real estate platform streamlines investing in US farmland. Now farms are fast becoming a portfolio staple for investors worldwide.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
One of my many, many questions about America in 2025 is how long it will take for people to realize they’re on the wrong side of history
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Brian @briandw.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Democrats need to start voting for massive federal tax cuts in Congress. The message needs to be "We will not send money to federal govt to be squandered or grifted. We will create state and multi-state plans to cover services blue states believe in. We cannot save the red states from themselves."
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Brian @briandw.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Some thought Bessent had morals because of who he worked for. Turns out he was an unqualified grifter who was good at moving others' money around and taking a cut.
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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
For our October issue I wrote about the Roberts Court for its 20th anniversary, how it helped lead us to the current crisis, and what should be done about it:
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The Roberts Court Is Winning Its War on American Democracy
Chief Justice John Roberts has now overseen 20 years of increasingly illiberal rulings by the Supreme Court.
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Robert Picardo @robertpicardo.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Many Americans will miss comedy, now that it has been canceled along with free speech. Hopefully we can vote these freedoms back before too long! In the meantime, here's a goodbye laugh from ⁦‪@colbertlateshow‬⁩
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Brian @briandw.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Those who stand behind trump have no intention to relinquish power when he is gone. The trump supporters are done saying the quiet part out loud. Now, they are blatantly destroying those who speak against them.
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Chrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Libertarians are just totalitarians who hate paying taxes.
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ML @mlpoole.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
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Megabeth18 @megabeth18.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Donald Trump successfully groped women at two prior U.S. Opens (1997 and 1998). Will he claim another title today? Tune in at 2 pm EDT on ABC and ESPN! abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
🚨BREAKING EXPLOSIVE! In a hidden video, Trump's DOJ Deputy Chief brags the FBI is redacting Republican names and only leaving Democrats in the Epstein files; he also ADMITS Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to "keep her mouth shut." THIS IS CRIMINAL.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/08/2025
Pritzker on Trump sending troops into cities: "He has other aims other than fighting crime... he would like to stop the elections in 2026 or frankly take control of those elections. He'll just claim there's some problem with an election and then he's got troops on the ground that can take control."
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Case study: Erdogan replaced technocrats with loyalists and kept rates low when they needed to rise. Inflation soared to 86%, and is still painfully high. That’s the playbook Trump's floating. Keep the Fed independent if you want low inflation without the drama.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
NEW: Video shared with me from a bystander in DC shows multiple masked federal agents (at least one of whom appears to have an ICE badge) violently attacking and handcuffing a delivery worker in the street outside Bluestone Lane cafe near Logan Circle this morning. Please take care when watching.
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Brian @briandw.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
They constantly scream the quiet part out loud.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Here is one of ~50 cases we documented of federal agents--usually masked and unidentified--smashing car windows to grab the person inside. “She is pregnant!” a man screamed, as his citizen wife sat, terrified The agents break three windows and grab the man projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
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Amy Tidd @amytidd.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Release the Epstein files!
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Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Former US ambassador to Hungary: "After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence." (h/t @bnovak.bsky.social)
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Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.
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Langdon Grant @langdongrant.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
P.S. Credit where it's due -- @emptywheel.bsky.social has compiled a detailed timeline of the relevant events, which can be found here: www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/22/t...
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Trump's Defense Attorney Todd Blanche Will Meet with Sex Trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to Make a Deal for His Client - emptywheel
Todd Blanche has now made clear how he intends to help Donald Trump out of his pedophile problem. Having fired the prosecutor competent to discuss cooperation with Ghislaine Maxwell, Blanche has annou...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Major media seem flummoxed about what to do when Trump shares a fake video of Obama getting arrested. Maybe they think the options are A) take the bait, or B) ignore it. But there's a 3rd option: Gather all the crazy examples and write big, loud stories about how the president is mentally unhinged.
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Brian @briandw.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
"I know how to code. Therefore, I know everything." Tech Bro (In allegiance with finance bros)
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
UPDATE: DOJ Ethic director Tirrell posts his termination letter on LinkedIn. Says his oath “did not come with the caveat that I need only support the Constitution when it is easy or convenient.”
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