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Ellen

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Interested in social sciences, disinformation, and far-right tracking, cats, and hoping for a better future for my daughter. No dms unless I know you.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 13/08/2026
A video of a man filming himself swimming has been shared with claims he is a “Moroccan migrant” entering the Spanish territory of Ceuta. The clip was actually filmed in a harbour in El Jadida, Morocco, more than 250 miles from Ceuta. fullfact.org/immigration/...
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
When RFK Jr says he bears zero responsibility for the declining vaccination rates in the US, he is lying In fact, for decades he has stoked fear about vaccines (stoking fear has made him very rich) Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/w...
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RFK Jr. Stirred Vaccine Fears in Pennsylvania Years Before Measles Outbreak (Gift Article)
At a speech in Lancaster County, Robert F. Kennedy mocked the threat of measles. Now local officials are racing to contain one of the largest outbreaks in the country.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
FDA approved the Moderna mRNA flu vaccine, which is great news for everyone! In clinical trials it outperformed existing flu vaccine technology so well that not even Vinay Prasad could cancel it. I talked to Scott Tong at @npr.org @hereandnow.bsky.social about it www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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What to know about the new FDA-approved flu shot using mRNA technology
The flu shot uses the same technology as the COVID-19 vaccines.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Richard Tice but Dim strikes again www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/richar...
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Richard Tice Says He's Been Treated 'Worse Than A Paedophile, A Rapist Or A Murderer'
Reform UK’s deputy leader launched an extraordinary rant when quizzed about his finances.
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The rise of the manoshpere influencer is not an ideologically-driven response a world that is keeping young men down. It is a grift, supercharged by platforms like Instagram, Kick and TikTok www.wired.com/story/the-ma...
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The ‘Manosphere’ Isn’t a Movement. It’s a Multibillion-Dollar Grievance Industry
Many young men are driven to resentment and are financially exploited as influencers sell them classes, pills, and the illusion of clout, a new report reveals.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It's the Silly Season once more - but given the bizarre state of British politics how can anyone tell anymore? From Squirrels on Crack, to cat food stealing Grim Reapers, to the Clacton by-election - I sort the wheat from the chaff for @noosphere.app 1/2 www.noosphere.app/squirrels-on...
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Squirrels on Crack - Britain's Silly Season now runs all year
The UK's Silly Season is here - has anyone noticed?
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Rand Paul broke Senate rules to recommend that Tony Fauci be prosecuted for asserting his Constitutional right not to participate in his own McCarthyist political show trial. He is a traitor & disgrace. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/fauci-guil...
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Fauci Guilty of Invoking His Constitutional Rights
Last I checked, the price of a pardon wasn't waiving your right to defend yourself in a political witch hunt
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
OK. Once more, loudly. The Germans in the First World War were not "The Nazis" because the Nazi party was not a thing yet. Some of you are confused.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/07/1...
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How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy
Narratives about a “censorship-industrial complex” spread in right-wing circles for years; then they took hold of Washington. What—and who—is behind them?
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
For @talkingpointsmemo.com, I wrote about how 2026 election conspiracy theories are just 2020 conspiracy theories, only faster and dumber. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/how-the...
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How the 2026 Midterms Are Recycling 2020 Conspiracy Theories
In Rough Edges, Mike Rothschild writes about fringe groups, conspiracy theories and how...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Charlie Downes, 25 year old campaigns director of Restore Britain, has been clear that he believes having white British ancestry & being Christian are necessary to be British. His exclusion of Jews from being fully/equally British will split the right, as should his exclusion of blacks & Asians
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This is how the CDC honored Officer David Rose, killed a year ago in the domestic terror attack by a shooter who believed he'd been injured by a vaccine. Truly one of the most appalling things I have ever seen.
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling www.theguardian.com/... 1/3
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Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling
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Jonathan Laxton, MD, FRCPC @drjonl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
We're doing well thanks for asking! Relatively new COVID vaccine safety data
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Ebola outbreak spreading faster than efforts to fight it: WHO New reported cases of Ebola are outpacing the response capabilities from international health partners, a top World Health Organization (WHO) official said this week. thehill.com/policy/h... 1/2
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Ebola outbreak spreading faster than efforts to fight it: WHO
New reported cases of Ebola are outpacing the response capabilities from international health partners, a top World Health Organization (WHO) official said this week.  WHO Director-General Ted…
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
You know what, I think ethnic minorities should be allowed to have a spoon without lynch mobs
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Do you want to hazard a guess at what this “jaw-dropping” list of freebies included? What luxuries asylum seekers might be being given “for free” in Thetford? Xboxes? Plasma TVs? iPhones? Ferraris? Let's take a look👀 🧵 1/22
Express headline: The jaw-dropping list of everything asylum seekers in Thetford were 'given for free'.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
#TheYearInReform Look, it's very simple. Nothing to see here. Move along. Reform UK is a party - sorry - a company built around British Patriotism and being frank with the public, and it is led by straight-talking anti-elite Nigel Farage.
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is nothing but bullying and conspiracy against someone who has made huge contributions to health of the US and the world. This is pure slander and a horrible attack on Science. Shameful, awful to watch. It will feed more conspiracies.
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Sen. Moreno to Dr. Anthony Fauci: "Who the f--- do you think you are?!?"
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) grill Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Senate hearing on COVID-19 in which Dr. Fauci takes the Fifth Amendment. Full video here: https://youtube.com/live/KK_YhOHmQs4?feature=share Download the FREE C-SPAN Now App. https://www.c-span.org/c-spanNow/ Discover the C-SPAN Video Li
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The overwhelming right wing sentiment is that COVID was an engineered bioweapon that was also harmless. Trump overreacted to it by shutting down the country, then engineered a drive to create a vaccine that was the real bioweapon that killed millions, and it's Joe Biden's fault.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The radicalised Elon Musk has gone so far as to now be promoting both the racist philosophy (only traitors oppose remigration) + violence (fight back or die: traitors before invaders) which saw Brevik massacre teenagers and students at a social democrats summer camp www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-e...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Here is a call for the murder of Home Office ministers + officials by the X user endorsed by the site owner Elon Musk.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Elon Musk, owner of X, has called the editor of the Economist "a traitor to the West, plain and simple" after her recent interview with him. He now argues that "anyone who opposes remigration is a traitor" Musk has been socialising violence since Aug25: "fight or die, that's what it comes down to"
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
You opened a credit card. ICE now knows where you live. Here's how when you open a credit card your address leaves your bank, goes through middlemen companies, and ends up with ICE. ICE plans to use this data for immigration and 'voter fraud'. No warrant More: www.404media.co/you-opened-a...
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Russians turn to cash, putting more strain on slowing wartime economy Russians are returning to cash, as mobile internet shutdowns disrupt card payments, and more businesses seek to dodge tax under mounting financial pressure
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Russians turn to cash putting more strain on slowing wartime economy
Russians have been hit by mobile internet shutdowns and more businesses are seeking to dodge tax after more than four years of war with Ukraine.
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
We’re doing this because we’re small minded racists with serious low testosterone issues.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The wannabe CDC Director lied about the cause of autism. The wannabe ASPR lied about leading Ebola responses, said HBV birth dose is for pedophiles & he’d rather perish than vaccinate his kids. Neither should be confirmed w/@saveamericamvmt.bsky.social rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/do-not-hir...
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DO NOT HIRE: The New ASPR and CDC Director Failed Their Job Interview
Here's how you can stop them from being confirmed anyway
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/07/2026
THREAD: The boy is called a liar. He’s told not to defend himself. Then the private school owner encourages all of his peers to attack him, one by one. She hits him, repeatedly, with a plastic pipe-like object. How does this school still exist — and receive state funds? 🧵
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
In May we said Nigel Farage probably didn't owe tax on his £5m gift. The Guardian now reports the gift followed talks where Farage said he'd need £5m to return to frontline politics. *If* that's right, we think there's a high risk of a £3m tax bill - payable by Reform.
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
God this is pathetic. Just more of the same slurring ramble of the last decade. The same played out conspiracy theories and Fox News brainworms. Nobody will remember this by the weekend.
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Donie O’Sullivan @donie.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Prominent 2020 election deniers like Steve Bannon immediately used Trump's speech Thursday to sow doubts about the integrity of the upcoming midterm elections. www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/p...
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Live updates: Trump delivers speech, claims declassified documents show US election vulnerabilities | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump, in a primetime speech, alleged vulnerabilities exist in American election systems, though declassified documents his administration released largely discuss vulnerabilities tha...
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Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Fact Check: Trump's Primetime Speech Rehashing Election Claims www.barrons.com/news/fact-ch...
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Fact Check: Trump's Primetime Speech Rehashing Election Claims
US President Donald Trump resurrected long-debunked claims about fraud and foreign interference in the 2020 election, alleging in an address Thursday that China stole millions of voter files and sugge...
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Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
NEW: Donald Trump resurrected long-debunked claims about fraud and foreign interference in the 2020 election, alleging that China stole millions of voter files and suggesting Venezuela could manipulate US voting machines. I fact-checked his speech: www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Fact Check: Trump's primetime speech rehashing election claims
US President Donald Trump resurrected long-debunked claims about fraud and foreign interference in the 2020 election, alleging in an address Thursday that China stole millions of voter files and sugge...
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Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
MAGA cultist Eric Metaxas was outraged by seeing an air quality alert triggered by the Canadian wildfires that suggested people limit outdoor activity: "How dare they say that. Who has the right to tell me or you or anyone anything? It's a free country. I can do whatever I want."
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"I can't afford security so I was given £5million, which I didn't spend on security, so I need the state to protect me, oh wait they're cops and will rat on me, oh woe is me"
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Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com · 14/07/2026
ICYMI: We rarely get to compare DIRECTLY how the media covers Trump vs other people, but last week he made precisely the same gaffe as Biden, in the same meeting with the same person. How come nobody cared?
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A tale of two (identical) slips of the tongue
When Joe Biden called Zelenskyy "Putin" it was a global story that helped end his 2024 run. When Trump did the same this week, it barely registered.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I tune in to Talk every now and then and seriously they're a bigger problem than GB News.
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I can totally predict a legionella outbreak in about 20-25 days.
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 13/07/2026
Posts circulating online claim that Harry Kane has "confirmed” that he will not wear the LGBT rainbow symbol in upcoming matches. But this isn’t true. There is zero evidence he ever made these comments, and the English FA has confirmed the quote is fake.
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Harry Kane didn’t refuse to wear a rainbow symbol in matches – Full Fact
Claims being shared online that the England captain stated he will not wear the LGBT rainbow symbol in upcoming matches are false.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Ann Widdecombe death: counter-terrorism police take over investigation www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Ann Widdecombe death: counter-terrorism police take over investigation
Officers say decision made after ‘new information and evidence has come to light’ over death of former British minister
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
NEW Shortly after his death, the medical examiner said Lindsey Graham likely suffered a tear in his aorta, linked to a hardening of his arteries. But with hours, conspiracy theorists online were claiming everyone from Iran to Russia and Israel had assassinated him. www.wired.com/story/there-...
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There Are Endless Conspiracy Theories About Lindsay Graham's Death
Despite a complete lack of evidence, everyone from Russia to Israel and Iran is being blamed for Lindsey Graham’s death.
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
While this is demented blather, one of the most widely used pieces of "evidence" that Trump staged Butler is that he "never talks about it." He actually talks about it a decent amount, even if he doesn't use the shooter's name.
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Trump administration launches effort to isolate International Criminal Court Further breaking down international law. Why? What do they want to get away with? www.reuters.com/worl...
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Lindsey Graham told staffers he wasn't feeling well Saturday night, but delayed getting treatment so he could go on Meet the Press the next morning. The guy might have died because he didn't want to give up a TV hit. No conspiracy theory necessary. www.patreon.com/MikeRothschi...
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Lindsey Graham Death Conspiracy Theories Prove We've Accepted Rule by the Dying | Mike Rothschild
The formal definition of "necrocracy" is literally a government of the dead - one where a person who is no longer alive continues to be obey
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Trump's acolytes will spend forever thinking Trump won 2020. But the rest of the country cares a lot more about gas and grocery prices than nonsense about Chinese bamboo fibers and Venezuelan servers and Italian satellites. This is a total loser electorally, and makes Trump sound demented.
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Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
My new piece in Slate takes a look at the concept of "ultra" processed foods and why the whole thing is so bizarrely unscientific slate.com/technology/2...
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One of the Biggest Boogeymen on Our Grocery Shelves Needs a Better Name
It’s all about the vibes.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/07/2026
a few other thoughts about lindsey graham
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Why did Lindsey Graham go from Trump critic to MAGA loyalist?
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It's not just these legal cases, Darren Beattie, founder of Revolver News, used his position in the State Department to have a Censorship-Industrial Complex witch hunt (which appears to have gone nowhere) www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/01/1...
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Senior State Department official sought internal communications with journalists, European officials, and Trump critics
Trump appointee Darren Beattie requested records regarding a large list of high-profile names, organizations, and right-wing buzzwords for a “Twitter files”-style document dump about alleged conservat...
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
HPV vaccination can be described as one of the most effective cancer-prevention tools we have. A new Lancet paper shows what happens when strong biology, strong epidemiology, and enough time come together: fewer women are dying from cervical cancer. marcveldhoen.substac... 1/2
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Vaccines, evidence, and what real effects look like
The HPV data is strong
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Donie O’Sullivan @donie.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Steve Bannon -- who knows a thing or two about insurgencies -- with his take on the rise of democratic socialism: "They campaign as anti-establishment... they’re very much like the Tea Party, like old Breitbart. They’re going against the Democratic establishment." @politico.com
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