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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h
“.. the deadliest attack in a Gulf Arab country since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran began in February.” @nytimes.com #Riyadh www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/w...
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 9h
11-3-26: Stain Removal
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Eric Holder @ericholder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is unreal. Weakens Ukraine (who with sufficient support could win the war) and for no good reason reverses long standing US policy. Cause for concern. ***** Trump strikes deal with Putin to get diesel in sharp reversal of US policy weeks before midterms apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump strikes deal with Putin to get diesel in sharp reversal of US policy weeks before midterms
Trump says the U.S. will obtain diesel from Russia, relaxing years of US pressure on Moscow to combat prices ahead of midterms.
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Though there's no suggestion that Hegseth will set up a pay-per-view scheme for Hasan’s execution, Trump would undoubtedly pay keen attention to the ratings. He is a life-long enthusiast for capital punishment." Me on Trump's ominous bread and circuses vibe. as.ft.com/r/90c044c5-a...
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Trump and Hegseth’s execution-type deal
The decision to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan is a sign of profound moral decay
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A barbaric idea, beneath our dignity as a country. Push back on this.
Trump admin wants to televise an execution
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026
The Trump administration wants to lift sanctions on a Russian company to benefit mostly Middle Eastern investors (who also happen to be Trump family business partners) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
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Durrablegoods 🇺🇦 @durrablegoods.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is some 🧵
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What's going on with this plague death in #Russia? Whatever it is, don't count on Moscow to be honest about it: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Russia Needs to Tell the Truth About a Plague Death
After an apparent lab accident in Siberia, Moscow is reverting to its old Soviet ways.
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New free link as.ft.com/r/a10980e2-d...
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California’s oligarch tax would change America
The goal of its framers is political rather than budgetary
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I got really annoyed that so many stories about the "Cornell 7" case don't link to the underlying court documents. So I compiled the key filings from Jane Doe's civil suit and from a separate suit brought by one of the accused. Read them here: annabower.substack.com/p/read-the-c...
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Read the “Cornell 7” Documents
I compiled key court filings from Jane Doe’s civil suit and a separate suit brought by one of the accused. Read them on Slip Opinion.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t remember anyone giving Jerome Powell a check for $100 million. Who gave it to Kevin Warsh, days before he was confirmed and why?
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST 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...
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U.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...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hahahahahahahaha this ad is awesome
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Adam Kidan went to federal prison with Jack Abramoff and was ordered to repay $21.7 million. Trump pardoned him in July. His money turned up in eight Republican Senate campaigns. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-pard...
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm thrilled to share that my new book about #SCOTUS, "The Court We Need: What's Really Wrong With the Supreme Court—and How to Fix It," is now available for pre-orders: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/812983... The book is set to be published by @vikingbooks.bsky.social on May 4, 2027.
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The Court We Need by Stephen Vladeck: 9798217061815 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A brilliant and bracing account of the Supreme Court’s rise, its unraveling, and what it will take to save it, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow Docket Richard Nixon turned...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In a normal administration counterintelligence agents at the FBI would be investigating this photo. In this administration, the FBI director is in the photo.
Michael Weiss: Why, that’s Ali Abdelaziz is on the far left. Manages a lot of Russian, Belarusian and Chechen MMA fighters including Khamzat Chimaev, who is close to Kadyrov. Abdelaziz was an FBI informant until the Bureau dropped him because they suspected he was a double agent. Looks like Ka$h (far right) has forgiven and forgotten. These MAGA weddings are Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
These summits are too embarrassing - and too dangerous, with Trump's instability - and the country would be safer and better off if our president weren't hosting them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump Should Stop Hosting Summits
He’s turned them into a pointless ritual.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 25/09/2026
In her latest column, Susan B. Glasser considers President Trump’s unpopularity, the war in Iran, and the coming midterms. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/h8lhhV
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Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Democratic Staffers Can’t Stop Complaining About Their Bosses
A New York Times report on Representative Mary Peltola’s management is revealing—about her younger employees’ self-regard.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective. Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive. Hard to describe how bad this is.
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Robert Wright @robertwrighter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Been hearing the term ‘singularity’ lately? I’ve written a multi-part series about (1) what the term means; (2) the sense in which a singularity is and isn’t approaching; and (3) what (IMHO) lies on the other side of it. You can read part I at nonzero.org
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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A free press, yes. Sane-washing, no.
It’s time for the press to be tougher on the president than he is on them.
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The term “lame duck” would be haunting any other president’s sleep. But the concept is alien to Trump. He spends more of his time telling people about his architectural plans than he devotes to Iran, AI or the economy. Insoluble problems hold no interest." My column. as.ft.com/r/928f5cb7-6...
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Trump is checking out of his presidency
With no way out of his war with Iran, he is increasingly obsessed with monuments to himself
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We now have a poll showing Donald Trump a full MoE beneath the Bush Line. Ain’t that something? politicalwire.com/2026/09/21/t...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
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Durrablegoods 🇺🇦 @durrablegoods.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Sons and Mothers
My mother devoted her life to teaching writers. Becoming one meant escaping the story she had written for me.
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Durrablegoods 🇺🇦 @durrablegoods.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Independence-minded South Carolina has an alternative to Darline Graham www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Independence-minded South Carolina has an alternative to Darline Graham
Democrat Annie Andrews provides a ballot alternative to a Republican who'll cater to Trump's whims.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"The price for a gallon of regular spiked 25 cents between Wednesday and Thursday in Iowa, according to AAA. In Wisconsin, it was up 23 cents. In Michigan, it was up 22 cents..." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Gas prices are about to take a big jump, analysts say, with the worst still to come
The forecast of economic impacts beyond November’s midterms contrast with the Trump administration’s optimistic messaging.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For the umpteenth time: Trump works for Putin. He’s a Russian asset. Plain & simple. Putin is smiling again today.👇
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous
The two latest deaths suggest that the true number of infections is much larger than reported.
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Durrablegoods 🇺🇦 @durrablegoods.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Who Made America Poorer and Dirtier?
The people in charge are really hoping you’ll blame someone else.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Andrew Desiderio: Today of all days, an NHL team is slobbering over their star player who just appeared in a campaign video for Putin’s political party, standing alongside actual war criminals

Ovechkin chose to participate in this video. And the Capitals are cool with it apparently!
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 15/09/2026
escalation between saudi arabia and houthis: possible escalation between usa and iran: doubtful escalation between ukraine and russia: certain
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Exceptional journalism from @newyorker.com on Jared Kushner's catastrophic diplomacy, conflicts of interest, arrogance. He represents "a new kind of Washington figure, for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy
Jared Kushner represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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David French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"The corrupt machinations of the Missouri case reveal that MAGA’s perfidy is limited only by its creativity. And while we keep dodging MAGA’s legal bullets, I fear that it is only a matter of time before one hits." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/o...
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Opinion | The Fix Was Almost In
The midterms dodge their first MAGA bullet. It won’t be the last.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Pennsylvania woman dies of measles-related complications, local coroner says. She was unvaccinated. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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Pennsylvania woman dies of measles-related complications, local coroner says
The 40-year-old woman, who was from Jefferson County was unvaccinated, according to the coroner. The state health department is conducting a "thorough review" of the case.
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Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Trump Will Never Mail the $5,000 Checks
Deconstructing a policy proposal that makes no sense on any level
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Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is an important story from Toluse Olorunnipa on how election deniers have infiltrated local election systems. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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David French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
To the post-9/11 vets: You fought with honor. You defended the innocent. Time and again you confronted and defeated an opponent that could be every bit as evil as the Nazis your grandfathers vanquished. And you accomplished the one mission that is core to your identity — you kept America safe.
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Opinion | The War on Terror Did Not Fail
The U.S. military accomplished more after 9/11 than many Americans realize.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Durrablegoods 🇺🇦 @durrablegoods.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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What Bush Understood That Trump Doesn’t
The leaders of the American right have embraced the false idea that the United States is at war with Islam.
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Durrablegoods 🇺🇦 @durrablegoods.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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The Inside Story of What Happened at Stars and Stripes
For generations, the newspaper has served American military families. That work must continue. And it must remain editorially independent.
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Durrablegoods 🇺🇦 @durrablegoods.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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What the Aftermath of 9/11 Taught Me
Government should be about producing results for people.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Jessica Riedl: The claim that federal budget is so overrun with surplus cash that Washington can afford to spend $1.3 trillion on "rebates" is so detached from reality that I refuse to waste my time walking through the math. 

If that makes sense to you, you are beyond help.
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Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Trump’s Midterm Strategy Is All About Him
Traditionally, candidates laboring under the burden of an unpopular president seek to detach themselves from the national brand.
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