Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelInstitute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 20hNEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin used his phone call with President Donald Trump on October 9 to falsely blame Ukraine for the lack peace negotiations’ progress despite Russia’s continued unwillingness to engage in meaningful negotiations or make concessions Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar101026 10413137
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20hCLARKSVILLE - Reverse angle… ouch… (From @mctndp) 771403418
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 20hGifted www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/w...nytimes.comSaudi Arabia’s Riyadh Airport Attacked Again, After Days of Houthi Strikes (Gift Article)The strike on Saturday was the deadliest attack in a Gulf Arab country since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran began in February, and forced the airport to temporarily suspend operations. 011
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 21hgoodauthority.substack.com/p/the-make-i...goodauthority.substack.comThe Make Ice Pay Act, explainedA new bill proposes to use transitional justice tools to help communities impacted by ICE operations. 000
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10/10/2026Breaking news: The Pentagon acknowledged that the number of troops who have died in the Middle East during its operations against Iran is higher than previously reported, and updated the official count to include two more noncombat deaths.washingtonpost.comPentagon raises official toll of troops killed during war with Iran to 21The Post exclusively reported last month that the numbers of service members lost was greater than what the Pentagon was reporting in its public database. 55791285
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelAdam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 10/10/2026not at all disturbing www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comFDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmedRegulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic 812238
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026As enrollment for Medicare Advantage begins this month, older Americans are confronting fewer options because insurers are discontinuing coverage in many areas www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/b...nytimes.comPrivate Medicare Plans Are Raising Costs And Forcing Millions To Find New Insurance (Gift Article)As enrollment for Medicare Advantage begins this month, older Americans are confronting fewer options because insurers are discontinuing coverage in many areas. 010
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelBrittany Wong @brittanywong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Vice President JD Vance may want to bone up on the meaning of socialism. According to a new Gallup poll, about 43% of Americans say they view it positively — the most since Gallup began measuring views on the topic in 2010. www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-van...huffpost.comJD Vance Doesn't Know What This Term 'Means Anymore.' It's Pretty Easy To Define, Actually.Trump and Vance are both now taking a “‘shitposting’ approach to politics,” one expert said. 5209
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“Every member of this ethnic group is a criminal who needs to be imprisoned by the state” is just pure uncut Nazi shit 10549761207
Reposted by Don Haider-Markeljamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026a livestreamed execution is just a lynching 285103262006
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 08/10/2026Really wild story: the US pressured sponsors of an European disinformation conference because one session mentioned disinformation from the US gov't. The EU immediately pulled its sponsorship. Absolute cowards. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comEU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ requestLithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website 318166
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Devastating 💔 Abolish ice www.instagram.com/reel/DePkMcN... 126586384597
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026🚨BREAKING: Voting rights groups are citing recent ICE activity near voting sites and new evidence of intimidation as they expand a lawsuit seeking to keep armed federal agents away from polling places during the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comICE is already showing up near voting sites, bolstering lawsuit against armed agents at pollsAmong the newest examples is an ICE detention that took place in the same area California voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box. 10033791921
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Reports from Congress and the Pentagon have assessed equipment losses from the war at more than $3 billion taskandpurpose.com/news/us-airc...taskandpurpose.com81 US military fighters, helicopters, and drones have been lost or damaged in the Iran warA new report by Congress tallied the total aircraft and drones lost or damaged in the Iran war from operations, strikes, and accidents. 010
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelThem @them.us · 08/10/2026Basic fact-checking reveals the ad has nothing to do with the state of Ohio or Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown.them.usA Detransitioner Stars in a New GOP Ad. Surprise! It’s Full of Lies 50517231
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026New strong candidate for best sentence of journalism in 2026 just dropped in this wild Kimberly Guilfoyle story from WSJ “‘Honey please I need you to get this done for me today,’ she texted [Eric] Deters, adding a prayer hands emoji and a PDF with bill payment instructions from American Express.”wsj.comExclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Pay Her $100,000 Amex BillText messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece. 29909279
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026NEW EPISODE: ICE never wanted you to see these: internal government documents that show Homeland Security Investigations has been probing nonpartisan groups that help register citizens to vote They even went so far as to outline a plan to use undercover agents. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJoZ...youtube.comICE Voter Plot EXPOSED in Smoking Gun DocumentsYouTube video by Democracy Docket 5429091696
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/10/2026NEW: CONTENT WARNING FOR SA: Democratic candidate for Arizona's 8th Congressional district Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by two men while repairing campaign signs according to a sheriff's report. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...phoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive. 42644012187
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Moscow says its capture of the region is inevitable. But Kyiv has so far stymied Russian efforts to encircle Ukrainian “fortress belt” cities www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/w...nytimes.comUkraine Claws Back Land in the Donbas, Thwarting a Russian Push (Gift Article)Moscow says its capture of the region is inevitable. But Kyiv has so far stymied Russian efforts to encircle Ukrainian “fortress belt” cities. 021
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want." 304869692755
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelJeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And it begins, just as it did with Ukraine. 45318165
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Spit on our sacrifice’: Canadian veterans fume after Trump and allies take jibes at militaryMilitary families say Trump officials ‘owe us an apology’ after disparaging remarks by JD Vance, Pete Hegseth and others 000
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comHegseth’s One PercentA cult of military superiority over civilians is not only unwarranted, but actively dangerous. 000
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The clearest and most succinct expression I've read of how, beyond the clear fascist rhetoric, the Prairieland prosecutions have terrifyingly expanded federal legal power, beyond the point many feds even wanted to go. 7328153
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 24730711801
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comThe Right’s Identity Politics Take a Bizarre TurnMAGA activists are having a meltdown over a throwaway character in Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s political ad. 021
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comUSPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket. 48365753759
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelPolitico @politico.com · 02/10/2026Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement politi.co/3TjSV2dpolitico.comJustice Alito confirms he is considering retirement politi.co/3TjSV2dJustice Alito confirms he is considering retirement politi.co/3TjSV2d 668439
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by CongressThe move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 8830871185
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I’m sorry, what’s that acronym again? 1932704485
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026religionnews.com/2026/09/24/t...religionnews.comThe rise of the Jim Crow theobros(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell ... 000
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026NEW: The criminal investigation into the "grand conspiracy" fell apart with everyone resigning because they failed to indict anyone, so now they're just going to make up a report about it. Pathetic. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...ms.nowKash Patel commissions classified, internal FBI report to examine department ‘failures’Sources tell MS NOW the ‘Patel Report’ may be the latest effort to re-write history in President Trump’s favor. 711267400
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026gifted.... www.wsj.com/economy/the-...wsj.comThe Gap Between the Rich and the Very, Very Rich Is Getting WiderThe 0.1% are worth $28 trillion, or about 15% of the nation’s total wealth. The average wealth for a household in this group is over $200 million. 021
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026As Prospects Dim, G.O.P. Pulls Money Out of North Carolina Senate Race. As the Republicans try to hold their majority, the Senate Leadership Fund is diverting resources to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comRepublicans Pull Money From North Carolina Senate Race As Midterm Prospects DimAs the Republicans try to hold their majority, the Senate Leadership Fund is diverting resources to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party. 000
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026gifted... www.wsj.com/politics/nat...wsj.comExclusive | Democratic Senators Challenge Trump Officials on Pentagon’s Venezuela Oil DealRanking Senate Democrats on the foreign relations, energy, banking and armed services committees question the deal crafted by top Trump officials. 011
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comTrump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit saysThe change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues. 9435562012
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...cbsnews.comHegseth directs military service academies to immediately stop giving tenure to civilian professorsDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered institutions like the Military Academy at West Point and the Naval Academy in Annapolis to stop granting tenure to civilian faculty, in his latest change to mili... 021
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Gifted. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...nytimes.comJudge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration’s Memo on Boat Strikes (Gift Article)The judge also ordered the Justice Department to privately show the court the contested document, which blesses the disputed killings at sea. 010
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🚨BREAKING: Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in a new lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog saysKey federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in... 11232051318
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comPete Hegseth’s Magic MarkerThe secretary of defense strikes another blow against military preparedness. 042
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Hahahahahahahaha this ad is awesome 7760831571
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026An airstrike on a bustling market in rebel territory left at least 50 people dead, in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in months. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/w...nytimes.comDozens Killed in Myanmar Military Bombing (Gift Article)An airstrike on a bustling market in rebel territory left at least 50 people dead, in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in months. 000
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's a meme now. 915338
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...theguardian.comUS senator blocks bill to ban Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center without Congress’s approvalMike Lee objected to the safeguard against the demolition of any presidential memorial Congress designates 000
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026thehill.com/policy/defen...thehill.comHegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaulDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, two Penta… 012
Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026taskandpurpose.com/news/iran-wa...taskandpurpose.comMore than three dozen sailors and Marines wounded this month in support of the Iran warThe new casualties, revealed quietly last week, mark a sharp uptick in both services’ wounded in the war since the start of summer 000
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026THERE IT IS: Group of January 6 riot defendants have filed each filed federal civil lawsuits in DC seeking taxpayer-funded compensatory and punitive damages for alleged violations of their righrs They claim they were "targeted..and punished" for "protected expressive" activity 28621101114
Reposted by Don Haider-MarkelFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/09/2026Russian drones hit Kyiv science academy and hospital ft.trib.al/mqDSkmEft.trib.alRussian drones hit Kyiv science academy and hospitalOne person killed and six injured in attack on capital, as Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges countries to do more to protect Ukraine 02214