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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/08/2026

NEW: Trump administration officials suggested funding research on crime against Afrikaners in South Africa. “It’s laughable to suggest that on the African continent, the prime issue of human rights concern is whites in South Africa,” one expert said.

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What Is the Trump Administration Doing With Foreign Aid Money?

The billions of dollars Congress has allocated for foreign aid programs must be spent. One proposal from the Trump administration suggested funding research on crime against Afrikaners in South Africa...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...

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Luke Doran @doranhistory.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

For native New Yorkers…. OF COURSE it’s the same story. That’s his DNA

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Eric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I'm starting to suspect that my tax dollars are going to munitions I'll never use, either

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Lisa Rabey @pookiebear.net · 03/08/2026

OK. Since I'm a librarian and I must ORGANIZE ALL THE THINGS, I took all the titles mentioned by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social, @ali-alkhatib.com, and the Library Freedom Project and put them in a single list on bookshop.org: bookshop.org/wishlists/53.... (I did not coin "data politics," Tressie did.)

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Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Of all the people who are no Jack Kennedy, Donald Trump is no Jack Kennedy the most.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Conservatives in 2016: TRIGGERED LIB???? Conservatives in 2026: We are installing trigger warnings in the Smithsonian

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

"Bolsonaro has begun a twenty-seven-year prison sentence for his role in January 8, while the instigator of January 6 sits in the Oval Office...Should we in the United States try a Brazilian strategy?" spoiler: I answer yes. me, for @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/tru...

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Truth Without Reconciliation

Why did Brazil’s democratic institutions hold firm while those in the United States so quickly wilted?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

When Democrats fought to extend the Florida recount in 2000, Republicans blanketed the airwaves with this stuff, even printing up Sore/Loserman signs that mimicked the Gore/Lieberman campaign. It was very effective! Trump *is* a sore loser and he *is* throwing a sad tantrum. Call it out like that!

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

maybe if England hadn't Brexited the attacking third of the pitch things would have turned out better

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I mean, a federal judge just ordered formal sanctions against this nominee *this same week* What the hell are we doing here?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-orders-sanctions-against-blanche-says-trump-tried-to-manipulate-the-judicial-process-with-irs-settlement/ar-AA27PGnj

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Indeed. We are not forcing upon Graham the memory of him being a villain, a coward, and a malignant presence in the country; that was the legacy he chose again and again. He earned our contempt, as has everyone else on his path.

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God @thegodshow.com · 12/07/2026

Lindsey Graham died the way he lived, as a minor distraction from Mitch McConnell

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

He never deleted it.

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

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The True American @thetrueamerican.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I have thoroughly enjoyed the World Cup. I have loved cheering for the US team. Then that fucker intervened. Yes, the red card was excessive, but I would rather lose because of it than win because Imbecile called FIFA. The joy is gone. Now we’re the bad guys. He destroys everything.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Gov. Beshear should demand proof of life. If his state has lost a senator, its people deserve to know and deserve a replacement. The seat doesn‘t belong to the Republican Party.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Empire collapse under the weight of metaphors.

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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Just a reminder that patriotism isn't holding a bible and wrapping yourself in the flag while you violate the Constitution and plunder the country. Happy 4th of July, stay cool and safe!!

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Deke Fanboy (welcome back lad!) @sjbrewer.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Argentine fans applauding the Cape Verde players as they step off the pitch

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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 03/07/2026

Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

As an American history professor, I regularly read new books, articles, and dissertations, and also evaluate unpublished manuscripts for journals and book publishers. I would not categorize the recent and emerging historiography in the binary way that Ezra Klein does.

There has been a severing of American history into two visions: one that can only see glory and one that can only see suffering and sin.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Marco Rubio is against birthright citizenship. But Marco Rubio *is* a birthright citizen. Ted Cruz is against birthright citizenship. But Ted Cruz was born in Canada. He only got US citizenship by a birthright citizenship law because of his US mother. They are both shameless hypocrites.

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate

Charge of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

"He murdered an entire family! That's not true, Uwe. You're lying... were they all criminals?" I debated Uwe Boll, the director of the awful new anti-migrant, anti-Muslim movie, 'Citizen Vigilante, being amplified by Elon Musk. Full Piers Morgan show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=js2k...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Damn. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2026

this Pirro press conference is completely beyond parody, like a deleted scene from Idiocracy. listen to this shit

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

"Trump's 13-Year-Old Accuser"

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Dems have to run on this hard. Do not let the RFK types try to spin what his own party just signed off on here. Actual Monsanto, the comic book villain of Adbusters days, was shielded from liability over poisoning Americans. I don't care if it's slopulism: this Supreme Court wants you dead.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Fauci needs to sue this man into bankruptcy, if only to dissuade the other inveterate liars of this administration.

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

After a lifetime of hearing why things can't be done, it's remarkable to see how much he's been able to get done in just six months.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

If there's anyone in LA who's free to referee the US-Turkey match, they could use someone

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/06/2026

In Opinion The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration could revoke Temporary Protected Status from Haitian and Syrian immigrants. T.P.S. holders “have been bracing for the worst, and now it’s here: family separations, loss of employment and deportations,” Elora Mukherjee writes.

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Opinion | The Supreme Court’s TPS Decision Is a Slap in the Face to Lawful Immigrants

The Supreme Court just gave the Trump Administration free rein to end Temporary Protected Status.

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Three Red Kings @threeredkings.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I've done a podcast on Access Munster — cleverly named the Access Munster Podcast — with Jean Kleyn. Sign up at accessmunster.ie

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 08/05/2026

During 2020 news articles loved writing articles about healthy people dying of Covid because they wanted perfect victims to emphasize how fucked up Covid is (not a criticism this is how news works). RFK Jr. is hoping you'd forget.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Last Friday, Trump fired the National Science Board. The NSB is made up of distinguished scientists whose job is to oversee the National Science Foundation, setting research priorities by thinking beyond election cycles. It was designed to be independent. We don't know what this means, but it's bad.

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Trump Fired The Entire National Science Board. Here's Why That Matters

Trump fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees NSF. The institutional design that built American science is at stake.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/04/2026

Trump and Elon Musk destroyed most of the global H.I.V. program that saved hundreds of thousands of lives in Zambia. Now the US is threatening to cut remaining support, unless Zambia gives access to the country’s mineral resources. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...

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AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to H.I.V. Assistance

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Why is it that we hear the loudest yelps for “meritocracy” from the inheritors of inter-generational wealth?

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Today I learned about a wealthy American oilman who used money from the Nazis to try to undercut FDR in the run up to WWII. He claimed to be a descendant of Cecil Rhodes and Jefferson Davis, which makes me think his embrace of fascism was a bit overdetermined. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...

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William Rhodes Davis - Wikipedia

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Are you going to impeach the president today? No? Then you do, in fact, support making a whole civilization die.

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The President is openly threatening genocide. A crime against humanity. He must be removed from office. The 25th Amendment must be invoked. If not, Congress has to do our damn job. Speaker Johnson, call us into session. War powers & impeachment. Remove this man from office.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 07/04/2026

Come on then, and remove him.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

If only a dozen Republicans in Congress found the will, they could impeach and remove him today.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

1/2. He took the greatest military force in history, lost a war to a middle power in a week, begged the world to save him, & demanded the media lie about this & everything else. I try, but at a simple human level I do not see how anyone mistakes this man’s almost supernatural weakness for strength.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

So the president is sending in 2,500 Marines as the first ground troops deployed in this war, but that's not going to lead to any further escalation? We've heard that exact same claim before, right down to the specific 2,500 number -- Vietnam, March 1965. Remind me, how did that wind up working?

The second of the four stages of decision belongs to 6 March 1965, when the President approved the landing of two U.S. Marine Corps battalions ... These battalions, comprising some 2,500 marines, were the first American ground combat unites to enter South Vietnam.

In 1965, the Marines were the first of the U. S.
Armed Services to deploy large ground combat units
to South Vietnam. By the end of the year, more than
38,000 Marines made up the Ill Marine Amphibious
Force (Ill MAF) under the command of Major
General Lewis W. Walt.

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