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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 5h
Can't think of any reporter who speaks for me more than this guy— a Canadian. "Hundreds of hours immersed in Trump’s rhetoric has given me some insights and personal opinions about the nature of his lying, how it is received by the public and how it is covered..." www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 8h
Why the press needs to ask Susan Collins a LOT of questions substack.com/note/m-ba0e9...
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Alex + Andrew Weissmann LIVE!
A recording from Andrew Weissmann and Alex Wagner's live video
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 10h
From WSJ - The taxpayer money used to fund the ads that started airing last week came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an arm of DHS that oversees the Border Patrol and customs and immigration at airports, the people said. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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Julie Roginsky @julieroginsky.bsky.social · 13h
The FBI is facing the worst crisis in its history. So, of course, its director is partying with a guy his own bureau suspected of being a double agent. saltypolitics.substack.com/p/our-newest...
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Our Newest National Security Crisis
Patel parties while the FBI is exposed to intimidation, coercion, and espionage.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13h
I wish everyone could see how disgusting, dishonest and just plain stupid Republicans are acting at this Jack Smith hearing.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here's the final episode in the Legal AF 5-part podcast on my new book, "HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." This one focuses on how Russian intelligence worked with Trump's inner circle to smear Joe Biden in 2020. Learn more at HowRussiaWon.com.
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Trump-Russia BOMBSHELL Conspiracy COLLAPSES...
YouTube video by Legal AF
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
Jack Smith: "I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution from the President or others."
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 14h
Today's Reliable Sources lead: Trump's "make me" presidency www.cnn.com/newsletters/...
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Olivia of Troye @oliviaoftroye.com · 14h
Iran is talking to American voters. Trump was talking to Xi. So what did America actually get from a week of meetings, negotiations and diplomacy? There were real outcomes. But some of the biggest national security questions are still unanswered. My latest Deep Dive 👇
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Iran Is Talking to American Voters. Trump Is Talking to Xi.
The speeches are over. The national security questions they left behind are not.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 14h
Republicans discover the microphone works both ways.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 15h
Former special counsel Jack Smith testifies Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. to.pbs.org/3VUAJwG
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WATCH LIVE: Jack Smith testifies before Senate Judiciary as GOP targets past Trump probes
This week's Senate Judiciary hearing comes after a key Republican lawmaker said in July he believes that special counsel Jack Smith may have lied to Congress while testifying about his investigation o...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
Jack Smith says he stands by his decision to bring charges against Trump in the classified documents case. "If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There's no real point in arguing with his mouth noises, particularly not when preaching to the Bluesky choir, but this is *noteworthy* nonsense. If the revenue were real (it's not), then it would be revenue *of the United States government,* equally available to a Democratic Congress to spend.
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Derek Thompson @dkthomp.bsky.social · 14h
we may have a problem
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 14h
Is it the best use of our energy to argue about gas prices? Probably not. From my conversation with @LincolnSquare.media
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Why is your channel called Platypus Economics?" Time to share the back story.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 18h
Trump’s attack on the free press is so transparent that we can all see through it. It’s not about national security, it’s about his inability to deal with criticism. Without a free press, we lose our ability to keep track of what our government is up to. joycevance.substack.com/p/consequenc...
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Consequences
Last Thursday, the White House, almost as soon as Judge Kelly entered his order forcing the administration to restore access to CNN, MSNOW, and Politico, began searching for play in the joints.
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is akin to what Putin did via the GRU fronts in the Prigozhin network in the Sahel. Especially Dagalo's/Hemedti's controlled parts of southern Sudan. They took the gold out through MERO-Gold & MERO-Invest & then laundered them through the UAE. Because no one legit will touch it.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The world might look very different right now if Judge Boasberg had been able to hold contempt proceedings in 2025 & the administration had been held accountable. Instead, emboldened by his success, Trump continues to treat the courts like a game to be played. joycevance.substack.com/p/consequenc...
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Consequences
Last Thursday, the White House, almost as soon as Judge Kelly entered his order forcing the administration to restore access to CNN, MSNOW, and Politico, began searching for play in the joints.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
After a week delay, Jack Smith will be appearing tomorrow before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where the majority no doubt lies in wait w/ obtuse, counterfactual questions designed to convert his 100% righteous prosecutions into the pursuit of political vendettas. Expect Smith to keep his cool.
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 28/09/2026
My take on Trump using taxpayer money to repost a political ad www.instagram.com/reel/Dd13z-p...
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MS NOW on Instagram: "The Trump administration has aired a new ad that appears to be a regurgitation of a 2024 Trump campaign ad, despite a disclaimer at the end saying it was “paid for by the U.S. Go...
314 likes, 39 comments - msnownews on September 28, 2026: "The Trump administration has aired a new ad that appears to be a regurgitation of a 2024 Trump campaign ad, despite a disclaimer at the end s...
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Julie Roginsky @julieroginsky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A terrorist attack was foiled at a British airbase housing American bombers used to attack Iran. But who sent these men? Iran has warned that any base used to attack Iran is a legitimate target. But the timing of this plot is extraordinarily convenient — and might have little to do with Iran.
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Trump Might Have Found NATO’s Kill Switch
One ambiguous attack could give Trump the excuse to leave Europe at Putin’s mercy.
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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"It’s not like he hasn’t tried to make things better. It’s just that everything has tried - some of it batshit crazy - has failed" Great read in Hopium this morning:
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 28/09/2026
From the insightful author of the illuminating book, the Shadow Docket.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here’s a book you can read by its cover: as pressing a topic as we have and the most thoughtful and clear Supreme Court expert writing it. Will be indispensable. 
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The free market wouldn't object to a few oligarchs hoarding all the AI profits while everyone else is scraping by. Markets don't do morality. That's up to us. youtu.be/OAGV50CDgno
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In a normal administration counterintelligence agents at the FBI would be investigating this photo. In this administration, the FBI director is in the photo.
Michael Weiss: Why, that’s Ali Abdelaziz is on the far left. Manages a lot of Russian, Belarusian and Chechen MMA fighters including Khamzat Chimaev, who is close to Kadyrov. Abdelaziz was an FBI informant until the Bureau dropped him because they suspected he was a double agent. Looks like Ka$h (far right) has forgiven and forgotten. These MAGA weddings are Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Markets are the great aggregator of preferences, but they don't tell us whether that aggregate is fair or whether society should accept that outcome. We need democracy for that. youtu.be/OAGV50CDgno
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lotta talk right now about the President using public money to push political propaganda. It didn't start with these TV ads. Let me remind you of the political nonsense he forced the Census Bureau to publish: newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/how-to-fak...
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Who Put the Census Bureau in the Propaganda Business?
A once-trusted agency has dressed up partisan election claims as official statistics—and hidden the evidence needed to test them.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s going to be another buckle up kind of week, with lots of lawsuits and legal issues in motion. Here’s what I’m watching and why it matters: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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The Week Ahead
September 27, 2026
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Ken Schultz @kschultz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BTW, Cardinal McElroy has a PhD in political science from Stanford (1989). Wrote his dissertation, eventually a book, on Morality and American Foreign Policy.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My belief: This election isn’t about the economy in 2027. It’s about the economy in 2060. Prosperity comes from institutions like the rule of law, markets, a free press, and capitalism (not crony capitalism) newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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We Spend So Much Time Talking About Gas Prices
But is that what we really want to focus on? Also: Is the U.S. economy really the envy of the world?
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“we are witnessing a rare, very possibly once-in-a-lifetime political liar” Credit to Daniel Dale for this deep dive into Trump’s lies, the topics he lies about most; why MAGA loves the lies & the impact of the press failure to consistently fact check Trump. www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“National Park Service Deputy Director Frank Lands visited Grand Teton National Park this week and looked at three potential locations for a baseball park within the park’s boundaries” WTF 🤬 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“I’ve heard people dismiss Trump’s mendacity with a shrugging “they all lie,” but we are witnessing a rare, very possibly once-in-a-lifetime political liar.”
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 27/09/2026
An alliance of ideologues and grifters is remaking U.S. foreign policy, from Iran and Ukraine to Venezuela and Cuba. On @firinglineshow.bsky.social Watch here: youtu.be/4okBq3W_E-o
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Anne Applebaum | Full Episode 9.25.26 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump, Mean Girl www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/o...
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Opinion | Donald Trump, Mean Girl (Gift Article)
Our government is being run by a clique of middle-aged guys.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tonight, pictures of chickens. It’s been a long week. We deserve some down time. joycevance.substack.com/p/some-chick...
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Some Chickens
It’s very good to be a chicken.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We keep getting comments on YouTube about my Golden Pig, so here's the backstory. A little Platypus Economics lore:
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@zeit.de interviewed me about American autocracy. It was published on Sept. 23, 2026.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Another BIG update in my lawsuit against Todd Blanche: he has now responded to each allegation in the Complaint & it’s obvious I've gotten under his skin! Blanche’s Answer is petty, attacking me for just doing my job. Why this filing moves the case closer to conclusion: youtu.be/dDsuoxktxT4?...
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AG Blanche PANICS In NEW Filing As MY Lawsuit CLOSES IN On EPSTEIN FILES!!
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Eleven days before the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack, Egypt's intelligence chief made a secret mission to Israel to warn officials of a possible assault. He was on the ground just 67 minutes, so intent he had to come in person. Vivian Salama has the receipts. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Egypt’s Warning to Israel
Cairo’s intelligence chief visited Tel Aviv shortly before October 7 with a dire message about Gaza.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ask three boring questions: can it be stored, what else is made with it, and are we creating supply? Those punch three big holes in Trump's diesel export ban newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Great message for the last 5 weeks of the campaign.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Public choice economics assumes that we're self-interested. That means our job as voters is to design ways to keep politicians accountable. We're their boss youtu.be/PXf0iEBhUaw
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Frank Friday LIVE at 5p ET: What you need to know from a hell of a week. Link: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
An urgent must read from the best historian on the founding and the constitution. Today, the lawless Supreme Court took another step toward creating an authoritarian dictator who will use his power to distort elections. Democracy, the plain language of the constitution mean nothing to Roberts et al
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