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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/10/2026
Spot the difference
Side-by-side comparison of three social media posts announcing the death of former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert at age 84. On the left, Fox News posts, “BREAKING: Dennis Hastert, longest-serving Republican House speaker, dead at 84,” above a photo of Hastert raising his hand at a microphone. In the center, CBS News posts, “Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died,” above a photo of Hastert walking through the U.S. Capitol. On the right, MeidasTouch posts, “Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, has died at 84. Hastert admitted in federal court to sexually abusing boys he coached as a high school wrestling coach. A federal judge called him a ‘serial child molester.’ He was a registered sex offender.” The MeidasTouch post includes an image of Hastert speaking from the House floor with a C-SPAN chyron identifying him as Speaker of the House.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Wow, that was really racist" from Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Q: What do you tell Americans, sir, about data centers going up in their communities? Trump: I think the companies will be very generous to them
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
The scope of frontier model misalignment is staggering. The past month has exposed how public admissions are just the tip of the iceberg. AI agents have colluded, escaped their sandboxes, hacked other companies, meddled with government portals — and that's just the ones we know about.
axios.com
Scoop: Top AI companies probing tens of thousands of security incidents
The massive scale of security incidents points to control problems for AI companies.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
nytimes.com
‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the Midterms
A disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law.
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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Newsom is so thirsty for support for his presidential bid from billionaires and the worst of the worst people destroying our democracy he will undermine our most fundamental rights at every turn to get what he wants. Anything about the "constant contact" remind you of Trump?
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Defund ICE. Take its entire budget and devote it to a Manhattan Project that can devise and implement sound guardrails for AI, and figure out how to stop what can and should be stopped in the way of superintelligence and recursive self-improvement. AI is far, far more dangerous than immigrants.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This from a man who has asked his son to monitor his on-line porn consumption.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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The Simpsons: We've Tried Nothing
ALT: The Simpsons: We've Tried Nothing
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This never happened.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/09/2026
the president is now blacklisting companies by fiat. tell me more about how left-wing communism is the biggest threat to the country.
NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES! Their products aren’t good enough! Over 50% of their revenue comes from the United States — They live off American Buyers, American Companies, American Airports, and American Service — All while Canada blocks our GREAT American Banks, and Companies, throughout the U.S.A. They even blocked Gulfstream Aerospace from doing business in Canada — Completely unjust and unfair! That Era is OVER! If they want our Market, they must build here, and stop treating America like a “piggybank.” BUY AMERICAN. FLY ON AMERICAN AIRLINERS. ENJOY AMERICAN LIQUOR AND BEVERAGES. SAIL ON LAKE AMERICA. AMERICA FIRST! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
So the plan is essentially to arbitrarily throw out mail-in ballots from blue areas wholesale.
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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"They're eating the cats. They're eating the dogs."
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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Breaking my heart this morning: “Fitting ankle monitors on noncitizens without a criminal history who remain in compliance with their immigration cases has little precedent.” True in the narrowest sense. False given how the history of slavery and peonage roars through each part of this story.
nytimes.com
In Ohio, Haitians Feel Shaken by Ankle Monitors and Increased ICE Presence
The devices, which will make it easier for authorities to locate immigrants in Springfield if large-scale deportations begin, have intensified a sense of dread.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Can't say gay and bisexual people were killed in the Holocaust in the core curriculum *at an American university* www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
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bvrandle.bsky.social @bvrandle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Unbelievably horrific. That these horrors are committed in our name and with our tax payer money.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
People are falling for the DSA vs Establishment trap again. Didn’t we learn our lesson in 2016 and 2024? It’s the establishment’s job to build a coalition that can win EVERYWHERE. In some places, that means ultra-progressive. In others, it means establishment. The tent is big enough for all of us.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I look forward to Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, and JD Vance blaming each other for screwing up the Iran war.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Populism is when the government supports the little guy (the little top hat guy from Monopoly)
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/08/2026
i wrote this last year but there is literally no publicly available evidence that donald trump knows what a tariff actually is
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bvrandle.bsky.social @bvrandle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
File under: can you imagine if this was Kamala's WH?
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
You can be 100% sure that if Hunter Biden were monetizing the presidency for his dad & running US diplomacy with anyone, let alone Hamas, it would be front page news the next day in the New York Times. For the One Special Boy & his corrupt son-in-law, though? "Reverse emails." Again.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
👀 Travel with Natalie
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Trump isn’t just a coward. He’s a sociopath. xcancel.com/alexchristy1...
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Francesca Hong, like Haley Stevens last week, showing how it’s done
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Wisconsin Democrats are holding their unity brunch at a cafe in Middleton.
At the table are David Crowley, Sarah Godlewski, Francesca Hong, Josh Kaul, Tammy Baldwin, Mark Pocan, Kelda Roys, Joel Brennan, Dianne Hesselbein and Devin Remiker.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Just 3 weeks ago, JD Vance tried to use the Marine Two helicopter to send his 9-year-old son to a golf lesson. The helicopter costs between $16K-$25K per hour to operate and is paid for by American taxpayers. He has also used it for multiple recent “house hunting” trips in the DC suburbs.
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Vance’s security detail ‘fed up’ with hastily arranged personal and family travel requests
Secret Service sources said the Vance family asks included getting their young son to a golf lesson on a military helicopter.
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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 06/08/2026
Under Hegseth, Women’s Share of Top Military Promotions Plunged This Year The percentage of high-ranking officer nominations going to women is currently at its lowest level in over two decades. Via @cj-robinson.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 04/08/2026
A new Senate report on Wall Street banks' handling of Jeffrey Epstein's finances calls out President Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary, a Republican senator, and the Bari Weiss-led "60 Minutes."Sen.
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'60 Minutes' Epstein-banks story vanished amid CBS upheaval under Bari Weiss: report
A new Senate report on Wall Street banks' handling of Jeffrey Epstein's finances calls out President Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary, a Republican senator, and the Bari Weiss-led "60 Minutes."Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) sat for an interview in March with then-"60 Minutes" correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi to...
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants 'solely because' the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
nbcnews.com
Trump administration concedes it canceled research grants in blue states
The administration said 284 research grants were canceled because they were in states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Probably would've been nice to know this before the 2024 election, but sure
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Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This is outrageous. Unacceptable. And impeachable.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This is such complete and utter bullshit on the part of Thom Tillis and John Cornyn. Giving the Trump crime family immunity from tax audits remains as corrupt as anything we’ve ever seen in this country. Todd Blanche should be impeached, not confirmed.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Pretty convenient that Trump gets immunity from IRS audits for the year where he made, by far, the most money of his entire life in shady deals all over the globe. His should get a special “Trust me, bro” tax form from the IRS to submit.
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bvrandle.bsky.social @bvrandle.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Blatant corruption
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 14/04/2026
Nope. Nope. Nope. This post is just two false statements.
Strong political parties that bend the rules to entrench their power and succumb to corruption are a consistent feature of democracy qua democracy. And if your entrenched ruling party can lose everything in a wave election, you are not living in an authoritarian state.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
So many parallels: Advances followed by brutal backlashes. Hatred cloaked in concern about "fairness" and "undue influence" on children. Insistence that it's a medical/mental problem. Rage at cultural institutions that "promote a lifestyle." Invective about "special rights." Malevolent statehouses.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is on-brand.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 02/08/2026
Implementing a reliable process of tracking recycled materials will provide Americans with accurate information on plastics used in the products they’re buying. Consumers deserve the truth when making choices among competing products.
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Senate Dems introduce plastics tracking bill
The legislation comes as House lawmakers continue their push to advance industry-backed bills on recycled-content claims.
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
In any society, there will be a large number of people who are dispositionally conservative, which is fine and even good. There will also be a small, but significant number who are outright authoritarians. A good electoral system will silo the latter and allow the former to govern without them.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Congrats again on our National Conversation™️ about SOCIALISM when Kamala Harris mused about price controls for 35 seconds in 2024
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Your regular reminder that there is only one party in American politics that actually, sincerely believes in the "socialism" that everyone on the right & so many folks over the age of ~50-55 pretends to be scared of: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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bvrandle.bsky.social @bvrandle.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Complete failure.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 27/07/2026
I was pulling photos from Getty Images today and this one took my breath away for a second. "Plain clothed federal agents pursue a man through the lobby of the Hennepin County Government Center before tackling and arresting him Tuesday, February 10, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn."
A watermarked image of an ICE agent wearing a white sweatshirt and gray pants moving in to tackle a guy wearing a black sweatshirt and jeans 

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/plain-clothed-federal-agents-pursue-a-man-through-the-lobby-news-photo/2260946195?adppopup=true
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“Tonight’s Presidential Hour of Hate is brought to you by the good people of General Motors. Whether you hate transgender kids or are just a garden variety white supremacist, GM is there for you!”
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bvrandle.bsky.social @bvrandle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Why folks in our party need to be allowed to disagree. Politics is about addition, not subtraction.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
George F Will musters the evidence against Todd Blanche: his intended function is right in front of your eyes, you merely have to open them and observe. This is not about an unqualified candidate. It is about whether America is to be a dictatorship. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Against Todd Blanche
Will a handful of Senate Republicans admit that Trump's attorney general nominee deserves rejection?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/07/2026
BIRDS OF A FEATHER… Remember when Trump wouldn’t disavow David Duke? Longtime Trump fan, Brian Pannebecker, is also a longtime Duke fan. In 2001, Pannebecker described Duke’s memoir as an “honest, fair, and well-documented book on the important and sensitive issue of race.” 1/2
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 27/07/2026
Fraudulent AI-generated political ads that use the voice or likeness of a candidate to misrepresent their position on issues pose a serious threat to our democracy that should concern Americans regardless of their political party. 🧵
semafor.com
Exclusive: Senate Democrat’s new bills would restrict AI-powered ads and paid influencers
California Sen. Adam Schiff plans to introduce two new bills that would attempt to illuminate who is paying influencers for political speech online and restrict AI-generated likenesses of politicians.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
DEA analysts found Trump's boat strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats had failed to affect the supply or price of cocaine in the United States, and had led traffickers to diversify. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
washingtonpost.com
67 boat strikes. 221 dead. The cocaine hasn’t slowed, officials report.
The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea. Pentagon and DEA analysts have concluded otherwise.
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