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Douglas Moser

@douglasmoser.bsky.social
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“It's important to write against power, corporations, the state, and the whole system of consumption and of debilitating entertainments." - Don DeLillo Writer, remarker, ex reporter. Politics, music, econ, in no particular order. Boston.

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 7h
Excited to see how the Atlanta Hawkeyes do this year and whatnot.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 9h
Today in “It’s not polarization”
Right wing radicalization does not equal polarization
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 22h
Regardless of who they find and what ideology they adopt to assuage their resentment, Rs in 2028 may have little patience for someone who carries the stench of Trump’s detested war, his economic meltdown, his serial failed initiatives, and, most profoundly, the political calamity he provoked in 2026
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Words & Phrases: ‘Heir Apparent’ or Ballot Box Poison?
🚨 35 Days to the Midterms 🚨
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
SCOOP A Pentagon influencer called liberal women a "pestilence" who will end western civilization. He's also: • Praised dictators like Franco and Pinochet • Said people without kids should not be allowed vote • Called immigrants "semihuman savages" www.wired.com/story/a-pent...
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A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 22h
No no keep suing dude it’s working
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 22h
I have doubts about whether Dems can convert white working class men who have soured on Trump. What they can do, however, is find ways to destroy Trump's reputation, and that of Trumpism, forever and ever amen. They can do that in the easiest way. Don't do anything to stop the damage being done.
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 21h
NB: This is why political observers & scholars of democratic backsliding were so enthused by Tisza/Magyar's victory in Hungary last spring. The defeat & evacuation from power of Orban suggested that even the new, cleverer form of anti-democratic politics could be defeated. bsky.app/profile/kjep...
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Political Poll Bot 📊 @pollresults.org · 23h
National House Sep 25 - 28, 2026 Generic Democrat (D) 53% (+15.0%) Generic Republican (R) 38% Don't know 6% Someone else 3% Would not vote 0% YouGov (B) 1003 LV Sponsor: Economist View Poll
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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/09/2026
great! I’m sure everyone in the state will cover this with an eye towards how awful these false allegations are, which of course means they’ll first have to explain in detail what the allegations contain and the factual truth of the matter and oh dear
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Douglas Moser @douglasmoser.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Marc Novicoff thinks only “educated, urban, affluent” women work and need child care. What does he imagine women in “the electorate at large” do?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We're all trying to find the guy who did this 🌭
sacurrent.com
Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As we scream collectively about the rape at Cornell (as we should) I am also thinking of the stories that never get told. That the media doesn’t cover. Or that do not get the communal response elicited by the Cornell case. I am thinking about… (trigger warning — sexual assault) 1/
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Douglas Moser @douglasmoser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dear @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, @schumer.senate.gov, @petebuttigieg.bsky.social, @aoc.bsky.social, @kenmartin.bsky.social, et al. This is the *minimum* we expect. Do not be cowards. That will not repair our democracy, and it will not help you keep power, pass legislation, or anything else.
If Democrats regain power then every member of the Trump regime should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. From Jared Kushner and Corey Lewandowski down to the lowest-level ICE employee.

Every business executive who bribed the president, every government employee who got rich, every agent who roughed up an immigrant—they should all live in fear of the law.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've reported first-hand on steel mills in Korea, China, Japan, Illinois, and Mississippi. This is 100% not going to happen. Disagree? Bet me. (Though I'm against online betting. It's just not going to happen.)
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 28/09/2026
Franklin D. Roosevelt was slow to confront the threat of Fascism. A new history explores how he—and the country—finally came around. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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How America Became Antifascist
Franklin D. Roosevelt was slow to confront the threat of Fascism. A new history explores how he—and the country—finally came around.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow essential health care to be withheld from transgender people in federal prisons. Denying medically-necessary care to any incarcerated person is cruel and unusual punishment — period.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 28/09/2026
"Democrats who lived through the 2014 wipeout tell me they can see the parallels." For the Republicans this time, that is. Lauren Egan on the size of the blue wave: lnk.thebulwark.com/4ACUCIH
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Could a Wave THIS Big Actually Happen?
Dems who lived through past bloodbaths see something similar happening—in reverse.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The more Jensen Huang speaks, the less impressive he becomes.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New, from me: Once memory-holed, DOGE is now the subject of revisionism. To better understand why DOGE failed, I talked to people in the civic tech movement that DOGE displaced, who continue to offer the alternative model for how to modernize govt. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-vs-ci...
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DOGE vs. Civic Tech
As DOGE revisionism picks up, a contrast with the civic tech movement it displaced illuminates its failure
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Stuff like this makes me pessimistic about the near term prospects of turning the Republicans back into any kind of basically normal political party. The whole next generation has been essentially selected for bigotry & derangement.
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ICE kidnappers have been rampaging through the South Shore of #Massachusetts, grabbing dozens of people off the streets and hiding them from their lawyers.
masslive.com
‘Random’ Mass. ICE detainments continue for 3rd consecutive day on South Shore
More than two dozen detainees from the New Bedford, Dartmouth and Fall River ICE operations this week have filed for release from custody this week, as ICE continued operations for its third day Wedne...
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ceej @ceej.online · 27/09/2026
the tech titan backlash to “woke dei hr ladies” makes a lot more sense now huh
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
LOL: Flock sent a letter to the mayor of Lowell complaining about comments he made during a city council meeting about how Flock sells data. Flock claimed that it does not sell data, but the mayor responded by pointing out that Flock advertised this feature to Lowell.
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Flock vs. Lowell: Surveillance company defends product
LOWELL — Flock Group, Inc. is not only watching license plates in Lowell, but it is also watching the City Council meetings.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I like that in becoming a nazi, you get glowing coverage as a brave iconoclast, and then when you stop being a nazi, you’re get glowing coverage as a brave dissident. Money coming and going. Only way you lose is having normal opinions like “racism bad” bsky.app/profile/trac...
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
please read
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
NEW from me: Over the last 4 years, America has lost more than 200k jobs in creative fields like publishing, film, TV, or graphic design. It's the worst stretch for arts jobs outside of recessions. How much is AI to blame? And can the arts' business model survive?🧵 www.apricitas.io/p/ai-and-the...
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AI and the Fall? of the Creative Class
America is Losing Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs in Media, Film & the Arts. How Much is AI to Blame?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:
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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My thoughts on the recent #mapoli political posturing: Suspending the gas tax would be a shortsighted election year stunt commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/susp...
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Suspending the gas tax would be a shortsighted election year stunt
The state gas tax is the price we pay to ensure that we have safe and reliable ways to get where we need to go, with sufficient funding to build, operate, and maintain the essential transportation inf...
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 26/09/2026
"Mr. Vice President: Peter Thiel played a decisive role in your life. Recently, he suggested that evil is good and called the Pope a 'useful idiot.' How do you respond to these extreme statements from your benefactor? Do you agree with him?" —Question a DC reporter should ask (but likely won't)
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
bitch I hate to be the one to tell you this but the ADHD is going to be there whether you have a diagnosis or not lmao
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 26/09/2026
Microsoft's data center subcontractor in New Jersey illegally runs a bunch of gas "backup" generators on site, figuring they won't get caught or will just eat the wrist-slap fines if they do. Regulatory enforcement is so bad that a third party had to take drone images to get the state to act.
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New Jersey datacenter fined $1.1m after visual investigation showed dozens of unpermitted generators
State regulator’s record fine for DataOne facility in Vineland follows Floodlight investigation with the Guardian
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Imagine losing a third of a city’s firefighters and then wondering why downtown is burning.” Connecting the dots between cuts and public sector failures is often difficult, but we are seeing the damage in public health. The only category of employee growing at CDC are political appointees.
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ACLU of Massachusetts @aclum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This administration cannot recklessly sow chaos into our courtrooms. Everyone in the United States is entitled to due process — regardless of immigration status. No one should lose their freedom just because a system prioritizes speed over fundamental fairness. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/19/m...
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‘It was complete disarray’: Chaos, disruption at Chelmsford immigration court - The Boston Globe
Suddenly rescheduled cases, moved months or years earlier from their original dates, have overwhelmed the infrastructure at the court.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Strange dynamic here. Susan Collins voted to confirm Russell Vought to lead OMB after he championed expansive presidential powers on spending. She has complained about the White House’s use of pocket rescissions, but WH continues to do it. She chairs the Appropriations Committee.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026
the paramount/warner antitrust suit could have done serious damage to this man’s empire and I will not stop being furious at everyone in california politics who caved on it
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Advice for my younger friends: if you want to encourage yourself to stay healthy and functional, to exercise and eat well... ...pick a couple of motherfuckers you really want to outlive.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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maple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The thing about trying to appeal to right wing bigots is that right wing bigots are all stupid idiots who get 100% of their news from propagandists so they will never actually find out that you were trying to appeal to them in the first place
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There are too many people in congress who would be happier doing this, and that's part of why our politics is so stupid bsky.app/profile/avit...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/09/2026
why does this guy look like what would happen if you shaved a sasquatch bald
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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/09/2026
this is one of the many reasons that "fuck you, come back to the office" was so infuriating, you've got a bunch of folks who were doing just fine with remote work and in fact may have bought a house assuming they could keep doing it and now they can't afford to live near the office
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Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
popsci.com
Asteroid named after ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
‘I just hope this isn’t the asteroid that winds up destroying the Earth.’
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
They voted overwhelmingly for Trump.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
there's a double-edged nature to the right's obsession with being 'allowed' to say the n-word; they wish to both remind Black people of their inferior place in the racial order *and* to be endorsed by Black people as being culturally powerful/accepted and able to say it.
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