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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Unsurprisingly the Russians are paying off the Americans to take their side in the Russia’s criminal war of aggression. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
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...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Local community activists and faith leaders from Louisiana and beyond marched and prayed Thursday at the fenced-off barracks and trailers at the airpark site where the Trump Administration is preparing to open a privately-run facility to hold children..." religionnews.com/2026/10/02/a...
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As ICE readies Louisiana facility for children and families, faith leaders hold vigil
ALEXANDRIA, La. (RNS and Verite News) — Part of the Trump administration’s efforts to ramp up deportations, the facility — which will hold unaccompanied minors and families — is situated beside an air...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Any action to restrict abortion pills would immediately break Trump’s 2024 campaign pledge that he would “not block” access to the drugs..." www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"The plans have drawn condemnation from some residents of central Louisiana, and immigrant advocates and child welfare experts have expressed concerns about possible trauma inflicted on detained children..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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New Facility at Louisiana Airport to Hold Immigrant Children and Families (Gift Article)
The site in Alexandria, La., a major expansion of the Trump administration’s busiest deportation hub, will streamline and accelerate removals.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 03/10/2026
A new documentary titled "Britain’s Gaza Secrets Exposed" examines government records, some newly publicized, to show how the United Kingdom ignored or concealed mounting evidence of Israel’s genocidal actions in Gaza after the October 7 attacks.
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“Britain’s Gaza Secrets Exposed”: How U.K. Downplayed Israeli Crimes to Keep Selling Weapons
A new documentary titled Britain’s Gaza Secrets Exposed reveals new details about the U.K. government’s internal response to alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Presented by journalist Ramita Navai an...
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Why Canada is preparing for a (longshot) US invasion
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Why Canada is preparing for a (longshot) US invasion
Prime Minister Mark Carney has said the military is running scenarios in the unlikely case the US invades Canada.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 03/10/2026
If I ran the Democratic Party ad campaigns, I would just air clips like this superimposed with the words “why does he think he can lie to you?” Or “does he think we believe this?”
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Post-human necropolitics by the numbers www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
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In MAGA-land people are dying faster than they are being born
Our analysis suggests Trump country is only growing because of migration
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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
New from Heather Marsh: The predator networks #OpDeathEaters warned about are evolving. Creep cameras, AI deepfakes, stalking technology and organised rape networks have transformed the landscape for women’s rights & safety, creating a predator paradise. www.patreon.com/BindingChaos...
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Mobbing and misogyny | Heather Marsh
Mobbing and misogyny by Heather Marsh on Patreon. Join Heather Marsh's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Anne-Marie W. Clark 👩‍👧‍👦🐶⚖️😷🌎🚢📚🌦️⚜️ @amwclark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Empire of Grift” by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu
Slowly, the Brazilians were learning the same lesson as other American allies around the world: The United States of America is no longer the entity they knew. And American power is no longer deployed solely by trained diplomats and reliable officials, working through state channels. Informal envoys, private companies, online grifters, and hardened ideologues both inside and outside the government matter more. Unlike their predecessors, these people do not talk about spreading democracy, and don’t want to build long-term relationships. They don’t care about America’s reputation. They are deploying the tools of American diplomacy and government for their own purposes, to promote their own business interests or their own ideological goals, because, suddenly, they can.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 30/09/2026
The United States is deporting parents without their children, leaving babies behind in America, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social reports. She spoke with the parents who don’t know if they’ll see their kids again, and the caretakers left to watch the children: theatln.tc/j6Df5aTI
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Despite his best efforts, Trump isn't going to establish a consolidated autocracy before he's gone, thankfully relatively soon. But it matters how much he's repudiated as a disgraceful aberration. Because if not, he's just setting the floor for what the next wannabe dictator can get away with.
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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why would some women support misogynist movements? I discussed for this article how such women see themselves as different from the women these ideologies demonize. “It gives them status and elevates them over the oppression they would otherwise face.” But this is an imagined distinction.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 30/09/2026
"When we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped." - Ken Paxton, surreptitiously taped at a donor meeting, according to the New York Times
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St. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: ICE published — then removed — internal mortality reviews detailing medical failures in detainee deaths across U.S. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
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ICE published — then removed — internal reports detailing medical failures in detainee deaths across U.S.
The reports, briefly posted online, examined the deaths of 33 people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody between September 2019 and January 2026.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New: Through a series of complex agreements with cities, the White House built a massive license plate camera database accessible to the feds. The program aggregates data across license plate companies (Flock, Axon, more) & is searchable by many agencies: www.404media.co/how-cities-a...
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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The response in Israel to Naza is beyond unhinged. Mobs have shown up at the house of co-director Rachel Szor's family. All over social media the directors are being branded traitors and "not Jews". There is a frenzy of incitement to violence against them online www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Netanyahu seeks to strip citizenship from Israelis as threats to NAZA film directors intensify
Israeli prime minister to pursue new laws as directors of Guardian-produced film face threats from far-right officials and activists
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026
This guy who assaulted a sitting member of Congress got 28 years and 10 months less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE reason.com/2026/06/25/t...
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Texas man gets 30 years in prison for transporting 'anti-government' pamphlets
The case stems from a violent anti-ICE protest, but critics say the government's prosecution threatens First Amendment rights.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 18/09/2026
For too long, Canadians and Europeans been naive & complacent to entrust our democratic spaces to social networks controlled by American CEOs & Chinese corporations that have little stake in protecting democry. So glad to finally see a Canadian leader adressing #digitalimperialism.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
54% of EU's electricity came from renewables in Q2 2026. Solar was the leading source and also the fastest grower vs 2025. Countries with the highest shares were Latvia 97.7% Denmark 94.3% and Croatia 92.2%. Estonia solid 5th place. #Renewables ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...
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Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Something weirdly not noted in a lot of the coverage of the extortionate threats to murder the Kennedy Center unless it’s reimagined as a shrine to Trump: There was no dire fiscal crisis until Trump’s goombahs started mucking with it. Its finances were fine. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
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John F Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica
Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If there was nothing wrong with it, why pay back the Putin crony who infiltrated the Trump family? And can we see a copy of the check? www.HowRussiaWon.com
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Steve Bannon is trying to pivot the surging movement against tech fascism into a hot war with China. We shouldn't let him. @astra.bsky.social youtu.be/gWzLUJEoKHg
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The AI fight can bring us together - or co-opt our movements
YouTube video by Naomi Klein
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
the experience of COVID really drove this home for me. It wans't the apocalypse, life went on, but a million people died and there were enormous social costs, some of which continue to this day and then when it was done most people were like "let's never think about that again"
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 18/09/2026
There have been at ‌least ⁠22 military fatalities, four more than they admit to, according five ⁠officials who spoke to the Washpost.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 18/09/2026
These are all presumably adult police officers and not one thought it was a bad idea to pose like this?
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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From executive producer Rachel Maddow, Kill. Bury. Print. is streaming September 27 on Peacock www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLfo...
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Kill. Bury. Print. | Official Trailer | Peacock Original
YouTube video by Peacock
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glittergirl1111.bsky.social @glittergirl1111.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
President Donald Trump, in a clear violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, says he is banning MSNOW, CNN and Politico from the White House.
A post from Trump saying "I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW (who recently changed their name from MSNBC due to lack of viewership and credibility!), and Politico (The recipients of an illegal and ridiculous $8 Million Dollar subscription, an All Time Record, directly from the United States Government, under Crooked Joe Biden, in order to keep them “alive.” Seems like corruption to me!), from the White House as a result of their constant “reporting” FAKE NEWS! Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America. Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Props to whover asked this
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Truthout @truthout.org · 18/09/2026
The Trump administration is reportedly considering a dozen data center projects to be built on public lands, a plan that would grant tech firms at least 17,600 acres of protected lands across six states — Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming.
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There Are 0 Data Centers on Public Lands. Trump Is Considering Building 12.
The Trump administration quietly fast tracked a data center project in Nevada earlier this year.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. People who have discussed the subject with Mr. Trump .. say his outbursts are rooted in worries that if the artificial intelligence boom fueling the American economy slows down, the market could crash and recession could quickly follow.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 18/09/2026
He literally calls it "the ban on the free press." What a goddamn maroon.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is a really important story. You know how over reliance on AI makes you lazy and stupid? This shows how that’s happening within the military — a military, it cannot be pointed out often enough, that’s growing ever more reliant on AI. The children of Shajarah Tayyebah Elementary paid the price
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 19/09/2026
The military is being buffeted by huge materiel losses and is actually hiding war casualties but Hegseth is obsessed with fitness and his men's penises.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026
From the information available, it seems this US-Denmark deal over Greenland changes almost nothing. US had bases there before; US continues to defendsl Greenland because it s in NATO. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...
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U.S. and Denmark Reach Security Deal on Greenland, Trump Says
The full contours of the deal were unclear, but Denmark and Greenland both indicated they expected an agreement to be signed soon.
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Stiftelsen Expo @stiftelsenexpo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I ett unikt rättsfall döms 764-miljöns mest framträdande medlem i Sverige till över tio års fängelse. Alla brott har begåtts över internet och rätten tar särskilt fasta på kopplingen till våldsbejakande extremism.
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10 års fängelse för 764-våldsdåd på nätet
I ett unikt rättsfall döms 764-miljöns mest framträdande medlem i Sverige till över tio års fängelse. Han döms för bland annat våldtäkt, försök till mord, barnpornografibrott och djurplågeri. Alla bro...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
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Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Both Canada and the EU are America’s closest allies and he’s angry and threatening them more than he’s ever threatened Putin.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 16/09/2026
The Trump administration plans to spend $84,000 to shame the Smithsonian and harass the tourists who come to see the Star Spangled Banner that flew over Fort McHenry www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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The Next Change Trump Has Planned for the Smithsonian
A letter from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum revealed new details about warning signs the White House will install near the American-history museum.
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
however much you think the iran war is sapping u.s. military readiness, it's probably more than that. a free link for you, the people www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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The Iran Blockade’s Growing Price Tag Is Draining America’s Global Military Power
The cost of naval operations since the buildup began in January has topped $7.1 billion — not including all the US assets being used to escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A shaky anonymous source; a jab about a “hillbilly ambulance chaser” lawyer; a flub that allowed a skeptical editor’s email to become public; an internal text exchange raising doubts about the story: I looked into how the NYT lost its first US libel case in >50 years. www.cjr.org/news/how-the...
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How the New York Times lost a defamation trial.
An anonymous source, a “hillbilly ambulance chaser” text message, and the newsroom’s first defamation defeat in this country in more than fifty years.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Family of Texas pregnant woman who died sues Texas AG Ken Paxton, alleges denied abortion led to death
The family of a pregnant woman who died sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and others on Tuesday, claiming she was denied an abortion that could have saved her life.
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
$9.5 billion not to work… www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 16/09/2026
When Mike Johnson made the case yesterday that Republicans inherited “a country on the brink of ruin” early last year, he wasn’t just lying. The Speaker was also offering a reminder about how desperate the GOP is to rewrite recent history ahead of the midterms. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Republicans’ midterm strategy hinges on rewriting the recent past
The more the GOP tries to overwhelm voters’ memories, the more we’re reminded just how spectacularly the party has failed over the last two years.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 16/09/2026
You might’ve seen the headlines about the latest CBO report that said the war in Iran has cost $38 billion. But remember: That figure is a minimum that doesn’t include all kinds of things. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Why the new price tag for the war with Iran only tells part of an awful story
The bad news is the conflict’s $38 billion cost. The worse news is that this figure is a minimum that doesn’t include all kinds of things.
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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"This will someday be featured in a textbook on the golden Trump era of blatant corruption and foreign influence in the United States of America in the 2020s." youtu.be/SuoCvics57k?...
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Maddow reacts to report of Russian oligarch paying for Trump Jr.'s lavish wedding weekend
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My gosh. Fetterman pretended to be sick to avoid meeting three paralyzed veterans from rural PA…and then went to do a Fox interview on Israel. He agreed to meet a lawmaker who drove from PA to talk about homeless and working people…and then bailed & met pro-Israel Bruce Pearl.
One morning in June, three paralyzed military veterans in wheelchairs from rural Pennsylvania arrived at the office of Sen. John Fetterman for a long-awaited meeting to discuss legislation that would improve their care.
Fetterman's staff greeted them with bad news: The Pennsylvania Democrat had to cancel. He'd told his staff he may have eaten something bad and wasn't feeling well, according to people familiar with the matter.
Less than an hour after his staffers met with the veterans in his place, Fetterman walked into his office, showing no signs of illness. He had an appointment he didn't want to miss, he told staff: an interview on Fox News to discuss Israel and the war in Iran."He was available. He just chose not to meet with us," Williams said.
Even when Fetterman does agree to meetings, he often cancels, according to former staffers.
Also last April, Fetterman agreed to take a meeting with another state lawmaker, Liz Hanbidge, who drove down from Pennsylvania to introduce herself, and to discuss programs that help the homeless and working poor in her county. But when Hanbidge arrived, according to staffers who were present, Fetterman claimed he hadn't agreed to the meeting. The aides spent more than an hour pleading with him to talk to her; staffers eventually met with Hanbidge in his place.
Fetterman did take another meeting that day-with Bruce Pearl, the former college basketball coach and Israel advocate. The pair discussed legislation that would affect college sports, and Pearl thanked Fetterman for his stance on Israel, Pearl said in an interview.
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Mon Mothra @flobbert.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Do you know how pissed off your staff need to be at you for them to leak your texts to the press?
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