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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 46m

A memorable moment from today’s Jack Smith Senate hearing, feat. Chuck Grassley

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7h

Both Benny Johnson and Sean Hannity have now deleted their tweets claiming that Eric Schmitt put Jack Smith "on the spot" and set him up for perjury charges with his faceplant.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 1h

The sad thing is that Boone absolutely screwed up by leaving Schlittler in too long and instead of biting him on the ass it somehow worked out

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 3h

Dude screwed up so badly, he is getting murdered on the other site.

Screenshot of an X post by Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt), timestamped 6:54 PM on Sep 29, 2026. The post reads: “Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?” Below it, a Readers proposed context note says: “Still gathering ratings” and “Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury during his congressional testimony because Eric did not know the difference between the Hawks and Hawkeyes,” followed by a truncated NBC News link.

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Red Sox @redsox.com · 3h

And here we go.

Payton Tolle and Adley Rutschman walk in from the bullpen before his start in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series. They are wearing the Red Sox road grey uniform.

Roman Anthony walks to the on deck circle at Yankee Stadium wearing the Red Sox road grey uniform.

Ceddanne Rafaela blows a bubble with his gum while wearing the Red Sox road grey uniform at Yankee Stadium.

Nick Sogard smiles while walking out of the Red Sox clubhouse at Yankee Stadium. He is wearing the Red Sox road grey uniform.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 3h

wake up babe, new Skynet/ Matrix/ WOPR/ robot apocalypse strategy just bounced: they're going to use the brain-rotted guy in charge of health policy to tell us to all start licking measles homeopathically.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 10h

no matter how badly donald trump loses the midterms he will never lose them as badly as he has lost canadian elections

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4h

You know that scene in The Godfather where Michael goes to the trattoria bathroom, retrieves a pistol, and shoots those 2 guys in the head? This is 100X better. Maybe more.

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 4h

Getting ratioed on Musk’s site as a hard-right senator takes some real skill

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EM Simpson @emsetc.bsky.social · 4h

DoD: oh no, what about mah industrial base?? Also, DoD: oh you can definitely double down on your 6th gen fighters with one company

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 4h

Yes, let’s continue to decapitate our military leadership until we have no one left with combat experience 🤷‍♀️

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 6h

A fuckup so dumb even NYT homepage/headline writers have no choice but to describe it accurately

As Jack Smith Testifies, a Senator’s Accusation of Perjury Falters

A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 6h

Oh look. More things that makes sense happening in these United States.

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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 5h

Totally Radically Awesome Cool Intelligence

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 5h

I mean, sure, if he’s unqualified for one position, why not double up his responsibilities with another area where he’s unqualified?! www.axios.com/2026/09/29/a...

axios.com

Trump floats Jay Clayton as AI czar as he looks to fill the position in days

Trump says DNI Jay Clayton would be a good AI czar

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Hayes Brown @hayesbrown.bsky.social · 13h

new from me: i dug into the White House’s “uh these are just public service announcements” defense for the taxpayer-funded propaganda ads. it’s all bad but the wildest part is them using LITERAL WARTIME PROPAGANDA as a historical precedent to say this is all fine

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Opinion | The White House says these propaganda ads are PSAs. They’re not.

Government-funded ads praising President Trump are the opposite of “educational.”

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 8h

Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h

omg. yes, they actually have video of him at the game. when does marshall mcluhan walk out and dunk on sen schmitt?

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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 9h

New way for trillionaires to debase themselves in breathless servitude to another man just dropped

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We believe superintelligence will create significant new opportunities for all people and businesses. Meta already serves billions of people at scale and helps hundreds of millions of businesses reach customers. Today we are starting the next major pillar of our business, Meta Enterprise Platform, to help businesses use Al to grow and transform in new ways as well.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h

Best Sen Schmitt meme yet

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h

if you know anything about senator schmitt's monumental fuck up in the jack smith hearing, i implore you to reach out. can be anonymous. signal: marisakabas.04 email: marisa@thehandbasket.co

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 8h

Why are we in a trade war with Canada, exactly? What was the country's alleged transgression? Check out my conversation with @samsteindc.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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Trump’s War With Canada Has Officially Lost the Plot (w/ Sam Stein)

Podcast Episode · Receipts with Catherine Rampell · September 29 · 40m

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 9h

FBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...

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The Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part II

A quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality).

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 10h

Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 8h

People really want the story of Trump's second term to include a lack of grass-roots protests (outside of the handful of No Kings events) and it's just not true. Listen to @chenoweth.bsky.social, folks.

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 8h

Jesus Christ dude

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 12h

A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 11h

P.S.: This also seems like a lot. bsky.app/profile/usap...

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 11h

Is that a lot? It’s seems like a lot.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 14h

Wrote about the decline and fall of SCOTUSblog, which used to be the single best resource for Supreme Court stuff, and (thanks to some intervening crimes committed by its co-founder) is now a weird platform for conservative pundits to talk about what a good job the conservative justices are doing

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It Was the Essential Home of Supreme Court News. Now It’s a Joke. What Happened?

How high-stakes poker brought down a pillar of Supreme Court coverage.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 12h

Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.

Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

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Brandon Turner @bparsonst.bsky.social · 13h

we've done a lot of dunking on libertarians on here and I have wanted to point out for a long time that while very many *libertarians* revealed themselves to be authoritarians or useful idiots, libertarianism has been *extremely vindicated* in a number of key ways

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 15h

Johnson joining Trump on the ballot

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

I guess the point is that Roger Marshall wants to keep this story in the news cycle as long as possible. Nice work.

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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 15h

Meanwhile...

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 16h

“It is only a slight exaggeration to say that since Republican lawmakers do not have control of Congress, they cannot really lose it.” www.ft.com/content/7b9d...

ft.com

A Republican midterm defeat will not be an earthquake

Democrats are likely to make gains in Congress but divided government is unlikely to derail Trump’s agenda

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 16h

“Bessent has now transformed himself into the Baghdad Bob of bonds.” paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-beclow...

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The Beclowning of Scott Bessent

Another Trump enabler pays the price

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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 19h

Finally, some love for "The Good Wife"!! A better list than you'll find over at NYTimes (but why not Battlestar Galactica, @dandrezner.bsky.social!?) "My 10 Best Television Shows of the 21st Century" danieldrezner.substack.com/p/my-10-best...

danieldrezner.substack.com

My 10 Best Television Shows of the 21st Century

Screw the New York Times; here are my choices.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think we lucked out a bit here in that a lot of what Trump does falls into the bucket of “so jaw-droppingly vulgar or corrupt that it’s not technically illegal because it was inconceivable that someone would attempt it.” Like why restaurants rarely post “no defecating on the tables” signs.

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One of the odder elements of my life as of late is that I occasionally rub shoulders with important Canadians. Hence my selfie with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand.

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🤷‍♂️

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