Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 8hThese are not crimes 220244
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Holy SH*T! NY Times reporting tonight that Trump has stolen $20 million dollars of our taxes to pay for ads to help Republicans win the midterms. Let me repeat that: Trump stole $20 million dollars of YOUR taxes to help Republicans. Trump MUST BE prosecuted. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comTrump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency (Gift Article)The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims. 37570235
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Trump's lawlessness is more pressing, but let's not forget: the GWBush admin was also overflowing with incompetent, corrupt Republicans who were pathologically hostile to the rule of law. None of this was necessary or helpful, but it made them feel manly and it was good money for gov't contractors. 433088
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Pompeo supported a man who tried to overturn an election and destroy American democracy. This shows what the real threat it. It's not Trump and his authoritarianism; it's the acceptance of it. 36535169
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 03/10/2026Today, over 230 people have been killed by the U.S. military in airstrikes against vessels only suspected of having drugs on board. trib.al/NVjePMztrib.alAmerica Has Turned on Trump. But Has It Really Said No to Fascism?Polling shows the president in free fall. Unfortunately, a number of his most reactionary policies still have disturbing levels of support. 1311353
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In his new book 'Profiles in Cowardice,' Jacob Weisberg devotes his final chapter to John Roberts. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/b... -Preening to be seen as another John Marshall. -Destined to be known forever as this era's Roger Taney. 1430377
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There are a lot of Trump officials who need to be impeached, but Russell Vought -- the quarterback of all the Project 2025 fuckery and a central player in the administration's overreach -- really needs to be at the top of the list. 1042647733
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Very good points from @mjtoma.bsky.social here: Any movement (and president!) that are nutball enough to go down Eric Schmitt-style rabbit holes will be willing to steal the election and much worse. This humiliation won't dissuade them in the slightest: newrepublic.com/post/216176/...newrepublic.comEric Schmitt’s a Joke. The Assaults on Jack Smith Are Anything But.The Missouri senator and other Republicans made fools of themselves Tuesday. But that won’t stop them lying about—and trying to destroy—Donald Trump’s prosecutor. 417552
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialGlenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In the David Hearn reflecting pool case the judge noted that Trump wanted Hearn (an innocent man) prosecuted “especially since … Hearn has donated to ActBlue, a Democratic-affiliated fundraising platform” & because Trump dislikes Hearn's lawyer, Norm Eisen. IMPEACH/CONVICT/REMOVE! 11305120
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialMichael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social · 02/10/2026That was the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever seen a United States senator do. But it was also two other things besides embarrassing. trib.al/chAAYKntrib.alEric Schmitt’s a Joke. The Assaults on Jack Smith Are Anything But.The Missouri senator and other Republicans made fools of themselves Tuesday. But that won’t stop them lying about—and trying to destroy—Donald Trump’s prosecutor. 1024747
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/10/2026This leads to the uncomfortable conclusion that, like average Russians, many Americans would be largely okay with fascism so long as they felt the economy was improving for themselves personally. trib.al/JBa1Ma6trib.alAmerica Has Turned on Trump. But Has It Really Said No to Fascism?Polling shows the president in free fall. Unfortunately, a number of his most reactionary policies still have disturbing levels of support. 1612250
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialPoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Social Security worked just fine until Republicans started messing with it in the 80’s. Watch the full interview on PoliticsGril Premium on Substack byt becoming a member today! iampoliticsgirl.substack.com 8350124
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you're wondering if the US Travel Association blames Trump and Republicans, the answer is "no." As of a month ago, they were still praising him and noting they were "ready to work with the president and his administration to build on today’s momentum." Ok! www.ustravel.org/press/travel... 1221138
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Pete Hegseth is no different than an ISIS recruiter who uses religion to radicalize people to commit violence to further his own supremacist agenda. 1527470
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The faces of complicity. 1161194208
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Unprecedented corruption & constitutional crimes. Again, it all should have ended in 2017, when he began openly monetizing the presidency at his hotel two blocks from the White House. We are not a serious country. 14483158
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks. 60676422275
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers. 527871
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.social🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Democrats have decided, for the second election, not to respond to Musk's Nazi-like propaganda against trans people. And that will probably work this time because of gas prices. But it might not. And even if it doesn't, why would you miss this chance to expose someone who wants to destroy you? 2034269
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026theyre not pretending. these are true believers. and they vote. 84834140
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This morning’s newsletter: Not to alarm you...but things are pretty damn rotten in the executive branch of our federal government, as Ur-Idiocy joins hands with Ur-Fascism. www.thebulwark.com/p/not-to-ala...thebulwark.comNot To Alarm You, But Trump’s Brain Is MeltedAnd Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open. 417436
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026What the Heritage Foundation, the right's premier "think tank," is sending out to its email list: "Marxists and Muslims have one shared goal: destroy America" 156818
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And so it continues... Our economic debates seem utterly disconnected from the reality. That reality: This is an economy mostly creating healthcare jobs, and it does so month after month, and everything else is just noise. 641040402
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialMona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Like so many things in the Trump era, you can thank .. John Roberts for this entire mess. Had the worst chief justice in history not overseen the wholesale degradation & kneecapping of the lower courts, we wouldn’t be here. Just as much as Todd Blanche, Roberts owns this.." Important read: 13514126
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A couple of additional points. 1. Trump is intrigued by the Insurrection Act, and loyalists are urging him to invoke it. He might try to. Are we ready? 2. Hegseth is a man of overweening ambition. He wants to be president. He'll try, by means fair or foul. www.thebulwark.com/p/not-to-ala...thebulwark.comNot To Alarm You, But Trump’s Brain Is MeltedAnd Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open. 1121058
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/10/2026“There are always people who profit from war or government policies. The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy. And that is what is happening here.” trib.al/yiEUFkk 68441
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing 14237751249
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026Man, imagine you're minding your own business, getting kind of drunk with your friends at a picturesque brewery in Maine, when suddenly John Roberts walks by and you get to start heckling him. Must have felt incredible. That's the dream. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u... 1525357808
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialAlex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Here are the election deniers who have spent last year & this year championing online a national emergency declaration. If Trump tries to declare one, these are the figures you'd need to know about who likely played a role in making it happen.mediamatters.orgKey election denial activists in the right-wing media ecosystemIt’s become increasingly apparent that election denial activists have the president’s ear. Figures seeking to undermine faith in election outcomes through direct action and advocacy efforts have boast... 312657
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026How did the Democrats lose the messaging war to Trump on the Trump-Russia scandal? I tell that story in a new article for The New Republic that's drawn from my new book, "HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." Check out the book at HowRussiaWon.com.newrepublic.comHow Trump Won the Russia Messaging War—and How the Democrats Lost ItWhen Robert Mueller found no smoking gun on collusion, Democrats largely turned to other matters. But Trump and his backers never stopped pushing their lies. 1820551
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialMichael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social · 01/10/2026From @brynntannehill.bsky.social: "Many Americans would be largely OK with fascism so long as they felt the economy was improving for themselves personally. The problem for the GOP is that fascism caters to the wealthy elite, causing average Americans to suffer." trib.al/FrtsN29trib.alAmerica Has Turned on Trump. But Has It Really Said No to Fascism?Polling shows the president in free fall. Unfortunately, a number of his most reactionary policies still have disturbing levels of support. 109334
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/10/2026🚨 Remember that fancy dinner Trump hosted at his golf club for top holders of his meme coin, and Justin Sun and a bunch of other foreign investors attended? Well, he's doing it again. @jeffstein.bsky.social for @washingtonsun.comwashingtonsun.comWant Dinner With the President? Buy His Meme Coin.The $Trump meme coin is offering buyers a new "exclusive" opportunity to meet the president. 32418194
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/10/2026Polling shows the president in free fall. Unfortunately, a number of his most reactionary policies still have disturbing levels of support. trib.al/7HqlQ1ltrib.alAmerica Has Turned on Trump. But Has It Really Said No to Fascism?Polling shows the president in free fall. Unfortunately, a number of his most reactionary policies still have disturbing levels of support. 33617
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The president won’t be satisfied until every minute of Fox programming is indistinguishable from North Korean state TV — and every minute of coverage at every other outlet is as well. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/don...mediamatters.orgDonald Trump’s insatiable demand for Fox propaganda 717928
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026President Trump's demands for Fox propaganda are getting even more bizarre and extreme. 841024278
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Please, for the love of God, can the media stop calling random cranks who write fan fiction about their personal heroes in the past "historians." 1432559566
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/10/2026It seems that Trump will continue to thumb his nose at the First Amendment as long as he can get away with it. trib.al/J46awwCtrib.alTrump Kicks Out CNN Again Despite Judge’s OrderThe outlet was barred from Thursday’s press pool. 73925
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9752002125
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Seriously, unless you're going to call me a "scientist" for helping my son with his class volcano project and call me a "physician" because I applied a band-aid successfully, please please PLEASE stop calling any random crank who shits out a book about the past a "historian" 672352412
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 177124362666
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialMatt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026also not getting enough attention: these texts are between one of the lawyers on Jack Smith's team and a US Marshall tasked with keeping people fueled by Republican conspiracy theories from murdering Jack Smith in public because he tried to prosecute the president for crimes that he did 6504101
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026Trump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country. 61680692352
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The most bizarre thing about this idiotic, embarrassing line of questioning by Eric Schmitt is that it’s totally irrelevant Even if Jack Smith went to a basketball game in Atlanta-he didn’t-there isn’t even a scintilla of proof that he met, much less conspired with Fani Willis 35 days 1041887365
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yet another reason to run on oversight and accountability. Those are promises they can actually keep. 361095223
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A fuckup so dumb even NYT homepage/headline writers have no choice but to describe it accurately 832712421
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One, this hilariously outs who all got the talking points in advance and how blatantly they parrot those. Two, Schmitt really thought today he'd launch himself to the VP nomination and with that a decent shot at the presidency down the line. Instead this is the only thing he'll be remembered for. 652106414
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026They can, & should, also defund the Supreme Court itself, until such point as the Wizard in Robes decide to start following the laws & Constitution again: bsky.app/profile/mcop... 1136590
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Nothing but super intelligence all around at the White House. 47656162
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 29/09/2026Reminder: Donald Trump and his family have grifted more than $4 billion while Americans struggle to get by. 40888265
Reposted by @curtisleeclark.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026long road ahead for whichever neo-Nazi Trump staffer is tasked with doing brain surgery on the AI-powered America-dot-gov site 832758