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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 19h

An entire political commentary class who thinks the country is eternally in a state of conservativeness just like themselves and that any deviation from that is just a moment of temporary embarrassment rather than true belief

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16h

Separate from the events was the coverage of the events as social phenomena. For example, the year is 2026, and Bret Stephens is still talking about Dorian Abbot being disinvited from a talk in 2021. The Times covered this as national news, giving less attention to more substantive attacks on speech

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I loathe posting these, but this is an update: Betty’s pipes are fixed, but the house remains in shambles and still needs major renovations. If you can spare a few dollars, that would be so appreciated. If not, God bless you, but a repost is free. ❤️ gofund.me/01e55a690

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The conservative movement has been a cancer, eating away at our country for decades. It’s time to surgically excise it.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We need to root out and oust conservatives from institutions of higher learning. We need to retire or impeach and remove conservative judges. We need to prosecute every official in this lawless administration and ICE agents.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Whether it's Bill Clinton using tax-payer money to pay for the postage on letters back to people who wrote to his cat or Donald Trump steering hundreds of millions of dollars in government contracts to his son's companies, both presidents engaged in corruption on an unprecedented scale.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

new location, same lies Trump’s propaganda princess books new gig www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

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Trump’s propaganda princess books new gig

Breaking: Propagandist hired by propaganda outlet.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The way to deal with the right is simple: out vote them. deprive them of power and influence. do not operate like they have anything to contribute and constantly ridicule their stupidity

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Once you write these pieces, & find this evidence, they are the story. The only story. And yet, for a decade now, the NYT response to discovering unprecedented crimes, constitutional violations, & corruption, has been to just go back to covering Trump & the GOP as "normal politics." I don't get it.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

people acting like trump is some kind of departure from reagan and bush are part of the problem

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

one area where i will actually concede messaging is hard for the dems (if they try) is the gop's actions are so inconceivably evil they sound totally made up. "we're trying to make it easier to pollute poor neighborhoods. we're pushing so kids get exposed to more lead."

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

when people ask me "what do you want democrats to do" and when i say "just fucking say something," right now el-sayed is the model of the pugilistic wwe style i want: charismatic progressives who talk shit about how the other guy failed and progressive solutions are the logical, popular answer.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

so post primary what it appears to me is el-sayed is a good candidate who uses every media avail to talk himself up while talking shit about his opponent, precisely the kind of thing the leftist and centrist wings of the party should want.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Karen Bass’s LAPD is openly defying a judge’s order to hand over moonlighting records, and it's obvious why. They are desperately hiding a shadow workforce where cops moonlight for ICE contractors, creating blatant conflicts of interest. It's time to enforce the subpoena and demand accountability.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

because the ny times wants to kneecap AOC the way they did hillary clinton. they don't do this for any other politician but her. and we must pound them into the dust for this.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

youre electable when the voters elect you. so lets have a debate. lets have a knock out drag-down fight and lets find out who is most electable instead of arbitrarily taking options off the table because of maybe possibly how some midwestern swing voter is gonna react.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

these dem consultants tell dems to echo right wing narratives to "take the issue off the table" but all it does is validate the right wing attack and anger center left/progressive support and make it more likely the candidate will lose

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

👇🎯 It is surreal, but it’s also the direct & inevitable consequence of no one in any senior position from the Reagan or GWB administrations going to jail or facing any personal, legal, or social consequences for the crimes of Iran-Contra & all the awful & illegal things that came afterward in 2001-8

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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Against stereotypes: Blue states and cities much safer than red ones "Crime" stories spike right before elections California lower overall effective taxes than Texas for 99% of people: Bracket Texas California Tax Rate 0-20% 13% 10.5% 20-40% 10.9% 9.4% 40-60% 9.7% 8.3% While subsidizing South:

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This attempt to construct a narrative of persecution around being a white guy in America is at base, an expression of profound jealousy and insecurity towards people who have to overcome challenges they will never face

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

im getting to a weird place w politics. its not that i dont care. i will always care. but i just cant occupy my brain with as much concern as i once did, because the things just aren't going to be fixed.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

COVID helped fuel the rise of the far right globally. The uncertainty, grief, anger, and fear made for fertile ground for conspiracist thinking and right-wing indoctrination. Is it one of many drivers? Yes. But it’s an important factor nonetheless—and one that is too often overlooked and unexamined

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The lack of interest from the mainstream media in the status of Mitch McConnell might be the greatest bias tell in the history of American media

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

im personally past the point where i see democrats leaving perfectly potent lines of attack just sitting there and chalk it up to incompetence. its clearly deliberate.

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J.A. Morris @jamorris23221.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

@owillis.bsky.social Good video essay about how the early Superman stories portrayed him as a hero for the oppressed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWbC...

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The ORIGINAL Superman Comics Were NOTHING Like I Expected...

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S.E. Danesti @seedanesti.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The President of the United States is a traitor and a rapist.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

See? It's not hard.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Mass Surveillance Mike is so deeply proud of his work on the Patriot Act, which expanded the government's ability to spy on you.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 21/08/2026

"starting to feel bad for Natalie Harp" is a real problem and you should get treated for it

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

fox's audience is part of the anti-data center majority that goes across ideology. but fox knows the gop wants them to get on team data center because those are the sugar daddies financing todays gop. so fox must now tell their audience that anti-data center means linking with aoc/bernie.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The Economist continues the age-old tradition of mostly non-Jews deciding who is Jewish and who isn’t

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Bye 👋

Cancelling my Economist subscription. The implication that any criticism of Israel is antisemitic is the most extraordinary bullshit.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Hakeem Jeffries cannot become speaker in 2027. It would be a colossal waste of power and opportunity for Dems to elevate him again. They need to choose someone stronger and preferably isn’t to the right of the vast majority of American voters on healthcare.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

NPRs Peter Sagal has blocked me for criticizing his bootlicking of Karoline Leavitt. Tell him hi for me lol.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

republicans hate the troops and jesus fucking christ why is it so hard for the democratic party to say this?

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

So many issues get framed around how conservatives want them framed because - the media is in the tank - conservatives are assertive - liberals are timid It’s a perfect shit storm

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 14/08/2026

I'm increasingly under the impression that many of our most prominent establishment reporters simply aren't all that fucking bright

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I think this gets to the heart of liberal-left complaints about the press. Political reporters think we're criticizing them for not being on "our" side. We're not. We're criticizing them for not being on journalism's side. Unplug from the DC celebrity access system and do honest independent work.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In this Indiana diner, everyone has three questions: How’s the breaded tenderloin? Is the quarry hiring? And does Hasan Piker have a plan to win the respect of the Morning Joe crew?

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The @nytimes hasn't written a single article asking if "voters will think Tom Tiffany is too radical" because he is an election-denying, pro-ICE, authoritarian extremist. Somehow, his position on the political spectrum has disappeared completely from the National and State Conversations™️

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Will Wisconsin Voters Think Francesca Hong Is Too Radical? Here’s Where She Stands.

The democratic socialist is the front-runner to win the Democratic primary for governor of Wisconsin on Tuesday.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The corporate media will demand a Democrat disavow words of a supporter a thousand times more than they will demand a Republican be accountable for the actions of their president

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

He doesn't assume only the center-left has agency, because he also attributes agency to the far left. But he's a big believer in "look what you made me do" right-wing populism. They don't have agency, they're merely a factor of the left going too far, and thus bear no responsibility. 7/x

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

the conservative mindset so routinely boils down to "i imagined how something i don't like might happen...now what are you gonna do about it?"

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

that was followed up by the gop stealing an election, being asleep at the wheel on 9/11, lying us into iraq and all the bullshit inbetween that and attacking the capital. it sounds fucking ludicrous to me when dem leaders talk about the good republicans. what the fuck are they talking about?

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 06/08/2026

Much as conservatism can never fail, only be failed, to these same people, progressivism can never succeed, only barely not fail.

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