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Rusty Shackleford

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h
(FT) - Diesel prices will not return to normal for more than a year, according to US oil and gas executives surveyed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. @financialtimes.com $CRAK www.ft.com/content/0d74...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 13h
US President Donald Trump talked up his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after he was asked about North Korea's reported nuclear weapons.
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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wandering Sword (Switch/Switch 2E/PS5) & 13Z: The Zodiac Trials (PS5/Switch 2) English/JPN import up for preorder at VGP buff.ly/aIbugk5 #ad
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 28/09/2026
I want new investment and good-paying jobs right here in South Carolina — but not at your expense. Darline Graham says data centers are a must. I say South Carolinians should come first. That’s why I launched DataCenterDarline.com today. See for yourself and follow the money.
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Funny how Drop Site sent its book-length hit piece on Jackson supposedly selling out to AIPAC two hours after this thread. That won't stop those guys, though. Ryan Grim wants Jackson to lose so he can shove Graham Platner down everyone's throat for six years straight.
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KennyMack1971 @kennymack1971.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
But Kamala Harris campaigning with Liz Cheney to prevent Trump 2.0 from ever happening was an unpardonable sin according to the very people backpedaling to excuse this shit.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
> @deadline.com $PSKY deadline.com/2026/09/davi...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 22/09/2026
For months, Florida GOP gubernatorial nominee Byron Donalds wanted anyone who would listen to know that he was endorsed by President Trump. That moment appears to be over.
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Byron Donalds scrubs most Trump references from new campaign site for Florida governor’s race
Donalds’ campaign said the new site is designed to focus on policy issues. The move comes as Trump faces low approval ratings and a challenging political environment.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“.. he was completely inaudible because a pool microphone was not there to capture his statements. .. ‘So maybe this is one example of it backfiring just a little bit,’ Newsmax anchor Bianca de la Garza said .. @thehill.com
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 19/09/2026
If questioned whether the DSA is a danger to the Democratic Party, any room for doubt was erased by the organization's choice to platform Hasan Piker while he's actively dragging down our party's chances of winning crucial races, including the Michigan Senate race. This was free media for the GOP.
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114K views · 5.3K reactions | Thank you to Hasan Piker for joining us at the Workers Deserve More panel at Socialism Conference yesterday 🌹 DSA members will be here in Chicago all weekend, if you’re here, be sure to come find us and chat, and if you caught the stream yesterday and liked what you heard, join us today 🌹 dsausa.org/join | Democratic Socialists of America
Thank you to Hasan Piker for joining us at the Workers Deserve More panel at Socialism Conference yesterday 🌹 DSA members will be here in Chicago all weekend, if you’re here, be sure to come find us...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 18/09/2026
Trump bans media outlets CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House reut.rs/3T83RzN
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Trump bans media outlets CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House
U.S. President Donald Trump ‌banned news outlets CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House on Friday, complaining about their ​coverage in a social media post.
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Governor Tony Evers @govevers.wisconsin.gov · 18/09/2026
Congressman Tom Tiffany is an election-denying extremist who should never be put in charge of protecting and defending Wisconsin’s safe and secure elections. Period. www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
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Tom Tiffany says federal authorities will be in Wisconsin for election
At an event in Dodge County, Tiffany told supporters that federal authorities will be in Wisconsin for the midterm elections to ensure integrity.
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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Cost of diesel for a typical Los Angeles-to-Dallas truckload: $1,430 — up about $600, or 72%, from the day before the Feb. 28 strikes on Iran.” @bloomberg.com ⛽️
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
RFK Jr. says Americans worried about vaccines have a ‘friend at the White House’ www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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RFK Jr. says Americans worried about vaccines have a ‘friend at the White House’
Since being confirmed as health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made clear he wants to overhaul the nation’s immunization system.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
FCC Approves Foreign Funding for Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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FCC Approves Foreign Funding for Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal
The Federal Communications Commission approved Paramount Skydance Corp.’s request to allow foreign financing in excess of 25% in its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., saying that do...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 16/09/2026
NEW: House to leave Washington early until the midterm elections, punting a vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to November.
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House to leave early, punting Hegseth impeachment vote until after November elections
House Republican leaders cancelled votes planned for Thursday. Members won’t return to Washington until Nov. 9.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 16/09/2026
#FunFact: President Biden & VP Harris banned the sale of these bombs. Trump reversed that policy the moment he took office.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For the first time in their lives the Trumps actually have decent positive cash flow. And yet they're still on the Moscow dole. 🤔🤔 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
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Russian Businessman Paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Lavish Wedding After-Party (Gift Article)
The payments, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, represented an extraordinary flouting of ethical norms for an American president’s family member.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature. 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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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026
Look at this photo we found from Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding. Can you spot the Russian oligarch close to Putin who bankrolled the event? 🧵
A group photo shows about 35 people, including Donald Trump Jr.; his wife, Bettina Anderson; Ivanka Trump; Jared Kushner; Tiffany Trump; and Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev.

Little Pipe Cay/Lux Hospitality Bahamas; Laura Gordon Photography via Instagram; Laura Gordon Photography
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Democrats are not advocating for a Jim Crow-like set of policies against trans people! It is not real! This is a delusion you have absorbed from the internet.
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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Bro you made this problem for yourself
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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Follow @wario64.bsky.social and repost for a chance to win 1 of 6 Steam Early Access codes for SHROOM AND GLOOM from @teamlazerbeam.bsky.social and @devolverdigital.com. Giveaway ends Sept 14th - 6 PM PT. Early access available now on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3271280/...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 10/09/2026
BREAKING: Prosecutor Joe diGenova, who led the “grand conspiracy” probe of Trump targets, resigns without charging anyone.
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Prosecutor who led ‘grand conspiracy’ probe of Trump targets resigns without charging anyone
Joe diGenova, 81, was part of a group that tried to overturn the 2020 election.
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Here is a guest on Tucker Carlson’s podcast saying that algebra is a conspiracy by the Jews to turn people into “good little goy slaves.” I wish I was joking.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Martin O'Malley @martinomalley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Trump admin is illegally using Social Security data to verify addresses for mail-in ballots, despite a court order telling them to stop. Social Security is charged with maintaining accurate earnings and benefits, NOT WITH KEEPING HOME ADDRESSES.
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Postal Service work to comply with Trump's executive order is rushed and sloppy, a whistleblower contends
A whistleblower for the U.S. Postal Service is warning that a new mail ballot system being hastily built to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order restricting that method of voting could...
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
13 When ballots are submitted to USPS in large-volume
batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
1. Keith Sonderling, Trump’s nominee for Labor Secretary, traveled to China in 2015 to pitch investments in a Florida real estate project. During these events, Chinese nationals were promised green cards and access to “America’s Comprehensive Welfare”
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
We told ya this would happen, @bradlander.bsky.social
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/08/2026
When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth polled top commanders in 2025 about cutting a program meant to protect civilians from harm during military operations, they all said it should be kept intact. Hegseth gutted the program anyway.
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Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.
The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part...
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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If you’re saying nonsense like Jon Ossoff is “swearing fealty to AIPAC” like the Onion social jagoff is, quit being a pussy & just k-slur him for existing as a progressive Jewish man with your whole chest since AIPAC has NEVER endorsed him & these crashouts are over condemning an idiot of a steamer.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
On the left: Five times RFK Jr. stated in Senate in Confirmation Hearings the purpose of his 2019 trip to Samoa "had nothing to do with vaccines." On the right: Eight times RFK Jr. 2019's letter to Samoa Prime Minister referenced "vaccines" as proposal for visit (via FOIA).
RFK Jr. Confirmation Hearing before Senate Finance Committee (January 29, 2025):
Mr. Kennedy. In 2018, two more kids died following the MMR vaccine. And
the government in Samoa banned the MMR vaccine. I arrived a year later
when vaccination rates were already below the – below any – any
previous level. I went there, nothing to do with vaccines. I went
there to introduce a medical informatics system with digitalized
records in Samoa and make health delivery much more efficient. I never taught or gave any public statement about vaccines.
RFK Jr. Confirmation Hearing before Senate Health Committee (January 30, 2025):
Senator Markey. Thank you. Yesterday under oath, you told 
my colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee that when you 
went to Samoa in June 2019, it, quote, ``had nothing to do with 
vaccines.'' Will you confirm again today that the trip had 
nothing to do with vaccines?

    Mr. Kennedy. My purpose in going down there had nothing to 
do with vaccines.

    Senator Markey. Well, I have in my hand a blog post in 
2021, in which you say the anti-vaccine group Children's Health 
Defense, which you ran, offered to fund the purpose of the trip 
to Samoa. And in the same post you state that the trip was 
ultimately arranged by an anti-vaccine activist. And during the 
trip you met with an activist who later compared vaccine 
mandates to Nazi Germany. And during that trip you also 
discussed vaccines with the Prime Minister and the director 
general of health of Samoa. The Director General of Health said 
you specifically discussed your views on vaccine safety fears. 
And with unanimous consent, I will submit those blog posts, Mr. 
Chairman, into the record.

    The Chair. Without objection.

    [The following information can be found on page 131 in 
Additional Material:]

    Senator Markey. I am going to ask you--I will ask you 
again. Did the trip have nothing to do with vaccines as you 
told my colleagues [inaudible]?

    Mr. Kennedy. Nothing to do with …Dear Honorable Prime Minister,
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I am writing this letter to you in the hope that we might be helpful to the people of your great
nation.
For most of the world, investigation of adverse health events associated with vaccines----or any
pharmaceutical for that matter-is both difficult and time consuming. Health information
systems are rarely designed to support rapid study of associations between diagnoses and
specific vaccination events.
It is, however, known that vaccines vary both lot-to-lot from specific manufacturers, and
between manufacturers for a single vaccine type. This makes the likelihood of adverse lot and
manufacturer specific effects higher for smaller nations where all vaccine can be from few or a
single lot and manufacturer.
I believe the deaths associated recently with MMR vaccine in the Independent State of Samoa
may have been manifestations these effects.
To evaluate whether or not this has been experienced in Samoa, I would propose my team
conduct detailed health informatics assessment in Samoa of what happened with your MMR
vaccines. My team includes a physician who has performed informatics work for ministries of
health in 48 countries over the past JO years. He believes this work can be completed quickly.
Going forward, Samoa would be well served to expand capacity for quickly performing this class
of analysis for all pharmaceuticals prescribed and dispensed. This is invaluable not only for
investigation of severe adverse events, but also for the systematic improvement in management
of chronic illnesses like essential hypertension and diabetes. It will also be fully consistent with
the Samoa Health System Strengthening Program.
I wish to congratulate you and your Minister of Health for your quick attention to the tragic
deaths temporally associated with MMR vaccines.
I look forward to your reply to my proposal.

Robert Kennedy, Jr.
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Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
People are outraged at the outrage. But I've got some news to you. Black people know what racism sounds like. We had it directed at us for so long, we KNOW what it sounds like when its thrown at others. We didn't need no memo. We saw Hasan Piker's racism, and we called it out for what it was.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/08/2026
Measles is like the bright dye that plumbers flush through pipes to find leaks in a complex system, writes @sheinvestigates.bsky.social. The continued appearance of the virus warns of cracks in our once-solid protection.
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Measles Used to Be in Our Rearview Mirror. Now Cases Are Reaching Record Highs.
In other parts of the world that have let their guard down to vaccine-preventable diseases, long-forgotten scourges have roared back and killed and disabled children.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Trump's Pentagon fires the publisher and editor in chief of Stars and Stripes about 10 days after the military newspaper reported on hardships that Navy sailors were facing on the USS Abraham Lincoln. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication
The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 22/08/2026
The Pentagon on Friday fired the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes and a top reporter for insubordination after they spoke publicly against any interference by the Defense Department in the military news outlet that has a long history of editorial independence. to.pbs.org/4wD4qzj
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Stars and Stripes editor, reporter fired for insubordination after doing CBS interview
The Pentagon on Friday fired the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes and a top reporter for insubordination after they spoke publicly against any interference by the Defense Department in the militar...
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
In 2024, Trump claimed to have “a concept of a plan” to replace Obamacare and bring down health insurance costs. No plan was ever enacted, but he still sabotaged Obamacare. Now millions of Americans are paying thousands more on premiums every year. My final @nytopinion.nytimes.com Chart:
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
(CNN) - The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during .. Pearl Harbor .. .. there have been internal conversation about renaming it to honor Trump.” @halbritz.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Trump’s binky fought clearance process for a year: www.ms.now/news/trump-a...
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Trump aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without security clearance for a year
The close aide to the president, known to filter much of the information reaching the commander-in-chief, ultimately relented in recent months after pressure from White House staff.
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CNN @cnn.com · 20/08/2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a transphobic slur while speaking at the Iowa State Fair Monday, where he appeared in support of Republican Rep. Zach Nunn, who is running for a third term in Congress.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Trump praises North Korea's dictator as "unthreatening and respectful” and says he has ordered the Pentagon to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea because they are "hostile" to Pyongyang. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...
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Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea
In a social media post, the president scolded South Korea for not helping denuclearize Iran, and also praised North Korea and its leader.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17/08/2026
BREAKING: Trump orders military to reduce exercises with South Korea, citing its lack of assistance on Iran and his “very good” relationship with Kim Jong Un.
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Trump orders military to ‘substantially reduce’ joint exercises with South Korea
The announcement comes as Trump said South Korea declined to help denuclearize Iran.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It's remarkable that you have not just incredibly stupid people like this. But whole movements based on this stupidity. Having your currency as a global reserve currency means that the whole global economy is structured to your advantage and most hard constraints that everyone faces you don't.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This week, Hasan Piker defended his use of "inbred" against ultra-Orthodox Jews by pointing out that he calls other groups inbred too. Piker should know that’s not how tropes work. Something can be offensive to one group and not to another. And this word has been used for centuries to attack Jews.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
There could not be a more blatant violation of the Hatch Act, which prohibits any executive branch employee from "Using his or her official title while participating in political activity." Unlikely to be prosecuted, however. Will any news org even mention this? www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/5/7...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Wow they must have made a really persuasive case!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/08/2026
Minnesota Senate nominee Michele Tayofa on the Iran war: "Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks and so that gas goes a little further. Until this thing is over and these gas prices come back down again, let's just try to be patriots about this."
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