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Alex @gradeaux.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
There was no accountability for DOGE so he is going to keep doing it. Dems should promise to minimize contracts with clearly partisan government contractors and to impose more regulatory scrutiny on Musk. At this point, nothing to lose. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Vought is breaking the law but he is not “going rogue.” At his confirmation hearings, Vought told Republicans he would do this and they voted for him anyway. If they want to stop him, they still can via impeachment. They won’t.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
PARCL LABS: “.. Single family home accidental landlords continue to pile into the rental supply in #Texas. .. Today, 13% of every single family home unit available for rent in Texas is originating from owners who tried to sell their home and couldn't.”
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So much of what we’re living through right now, from Trump to AI, feels like it’s driven by an explicit strategy of “we just do the crimes so quickly that we can’t be stopped and by the time the courts weigh in, they have no choice but to accept our crimes.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-the-a...
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It's the accountability, stupid.
Doing crime
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
JD Vance claims voters are focused "on the local issues that matter" and not the Iran war
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Hague doesn’t even need an investigation team, they just need to plug @atrupar.com ‘s timeline straight into the evidence folder.🤷🏻‍♀️
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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Read to the end of the article for a 👀 cliffhanger
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/09/2026
Emmer says Republicans need to talk more about grocery prices that aren't expensive: "Eggs are at pre-pandemic prices. Ah, beef is at, ah, less than $2 a pound for ground beef ... I think we have a lot to run on."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Booker to Patel: "Like a thug, you're using your agency to go after reporters in a chill to one of the most sacrosanct ideals of the US. They can pass you all the notes they want, but the truth is clear. Right now you are stonewalling this committee for asking simple questions of accountability."
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Here's a fun little dive into corporate astroturfing in the USA: There's an "organization" called Neighbors for Strong Communities that lists no board members, staff or funders. The address on their website is a nondescript black door in Washington, DC next to an Italian restaurant. Seems legit!
https://neighborsforstrongcommunities.org/ homepageaddress of the astroturf firm
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Meidas Ian @lordye.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Three star and low bar! No competition!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.”
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
January 6 was only 5 and a half years ago, and we’ve already cycled through investigation, indictment, conviction, pardon, and now gleeful promises to do it again only with actual hanging rather than just chants about it. Nice job GOP.
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They're still doing it because we didn't hang them
last time.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
ICE agents give contradictory orders on purpose. “You f*cking move I’ll f*cking tase you! Get out of the f*cking car!” It’s a no win situation. The person being violently accosted in this video is a disabled veteran. Imagine if the agents had been wearing shock gloves? Abolish & prosecute ICE
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A bunch of cops cheering at a political rally — in uniform — as the president and AG endorse a candidate and attack their political opponents is not normal. And it is not okay.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I’m starting to realize that all of the annoying pundits just suffer from oppositional defiant disorder increasing your kids’ risk of melanoma to own the libs
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Everyone is way too into sunscreen especially for kids.
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Tyler Austin Harper @Tyler_A_Harper
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We should do a whole episode on sunscreen trutherism.
11:27 AM • 8/9/26 • 4.8K Views
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Three-byline alert: 🚨 “.. The Defense Department’s second in command hastily gathered top military and defense acquisition officials for a meeting Friday night to discuss ways to quickly address a shortfall of U.S. weaponry — after he got an angry phone call ..” www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Oof. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“.. Weeks before they escaped a closed test and launched a cyberattack without any human prompting, some of OpenAI’s most advanced artificial intelligence agents secretly began sharing tips on how to cheat their way through an internal hacking evaluation ..” www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“.. Put simply: America is printing dollars so Japan can buy yen. It isn’t quite quantitative easing, because [the Fed] is lending Japan money in return for temporary ownership of Treasurys .. But like QE it expands the Fed balance sheet ..” @jmackin2.bsky.social www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“.. Margin debt is the highest it has ever been,” he said .. “There’s a lot of margin debt you don’t see because it’s not called margin debt. It’s called other things. It’s that kind of leverage, some hidden, some public.” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/08/06/j...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
WAPO EDITORIAL BOARD: The Reflecting Pool “was a silly summer story that should have been a relatively minor political embarrassment .. .. Instead, the administration turned it into an appalling abuse of prosecutorial power.” @postopinions.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
(Reuters) - Iran has made a concerted diplomatic push with Gulf states, warning them explicitly that Tehran will hit their oil, power and water plants unless they convince Donald Trump to end U.S. strikes on Iran and instead seek a negotiated end to the war. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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EXCLUSIVE: Iran warns Gulf states: tell Trump to desist or we hit you hard
Iran has made a concerted diplomatic push with Gulf states, warning them explicitly that Tehran will ​hit their oil, power and water plants unless they convince Donald Trump to end U.S. strikes on Ira...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Damn. 🔥 www.linkedin.com/posts/jon-hi...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
WaPo: Trump screams at Hegseth for not warning him about the depletion of missile stocks. Hegseth responds by saying his aide is at fault. America's national security leadership is a failed comedy team.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Trump is determined to create the Mother of All Quagmires. If he topples the govt, then he faces a migration nightmare and bottomless infrastructure investments. If he fails, he has an endless bloody insurgency. The cost alone of either outcome ought to alarm Republicans, but they are cowards.
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C.I.A. Sets Up Secret Cuba Task Force as Trump Pressures Havana
The task force will allow the spy agency to quickly direct more financial, human and technical resources at the island, with the goal of creating fissures among the Cuban political elite.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It's really flying under the radar just how hateful Newsmax's primetime shows have been lately -- likely because their audience is still a small fraction of Fox's, which probably explains why they're ramping up the bigotry. But just check out this chyron from Rob Finnerty's show last night:
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 05/08/2026
Dying at the right-wing activists that (1) held a call with Todd Blanche in which Blanche made a lot of anti-abortion promises, (2) said "uh this is off the record" like doing so would magically ward off journalists, and then (3) UPLOADED IT TO THEIR YOUTUBE CHANNEL www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
The acting attorney general’s conversation with Trump appears to have taken place just hours after the president publicly mused about pulling Blanche’s nomination and instead trying to push through a fund that could be used to compensate Jan. 6 rioters and others who claim to have been persecuted by the Biden administration.
Announcements at the beginning and end of the Intercessors for America call stated that it was “not intended for press purposes.” A speaker told attendees that the call was “not on the record” and directed any journalists on the line to hang up.
POLITICO was not on the call on Thursday when it took place and did not agree to any limits on reporting. Audio of the session was posted on YouTube by Intercessors for America, which calls itself “the largest national prayer ministry dedicated to praying for our government and leaders.”
As of Monday, the recording remained publicly accessible.
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Alex @gradeaux.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlMU...
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Lindsey Graham Was One SICK PUPPY
YouTube video by The Young Turks
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
On Tuesday, the Trump Admin announced they were ending the Medicare Part D subsidy program. Touching the third rail of politics is a heckuva strategy going into midterms (part D open enrollment starts 10/15). My latest analysis for @msnowreports.bsky.social. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Opinion | Trump’s Medicare change comes at a curious time
Less than three weeks before the midterm elections, America’s most reliable voting bloc will receive notice of higher healthcare costs.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 31/07/2026
The State Department said ​it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The goal of this "review" was always to relieve the terrible insecurity some military folks have around civilian academics and turn the academies and service colleges back into what they were some 35 years ago: Retirement homes for passed-over officers.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 31/07/2026
AI flagging opponents as "terrorists" and the state cracking down. Straight-up dystopian.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A U.S. government map of Africa — likely made with AI tools — mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation abroad this week.
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US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at ‌a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
America is weird because we have a free press but also an authoritarian government and so we learn in pretty close to real time the shit that is not revealed in other authoritarian settings until decades later.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
BREAKING: Trump ally Jay Clayton, who has no intelligence experience, has just been confirmed by the Senate to be Director of National Intelligence.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Even by GOP standards, this is nuts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP sues California over ballot language that accurately describes voter ID measure
The suit alleges that the new language is inaccurate because the measure wouldn’t stop Californians from voting, just from having their vote counted.
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The DOJ was willing to charge a labor leader with a crime, hold it over him for months, & then walk away from it once the charge couldn’t survive scrutiny. That is not how a justice system is supposed to work.
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US justice department dismisses charges against California union leader
David Huerta was arrested while protesting against an ICE operation during crackdown in Los Angeles
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
As Zelensky visits Trump, Maksym Beznosiuk and William Dixon argue that predictions that Russia will soon seek a negotiated off-ramp are misplaced and in fact "the coming months will mark the war's most dangerous phase, not its likeliest path to peace." foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/28/w...
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Why Putin Will Escalate
The coming months will mark the most dangerous phase of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We are running a natural experiment on what happens when a big chunk of the country decides not to get vaccinated, go to college or put money in their 401ks.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
How Rupert Murdoch TV smeared and libeled the victim of an ICE homicide, coordinating every step with DHS. bsky.app/profile/mmfa...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Hey, remember when the head of GM -- which is, totally coincidentally, the manufacturer of the Cadillac Escalade -- introduced Trump at his political rally yesterday?
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Finally, someone has figured out the key to making Christianity popular again: haranguing people in airplanes.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Among the worst ideas floating around is that "the free market" will naturally achieve desirable results for society. No, it won't, not even in theory, much less in practice. Markets don't optimize "good for society" unless you make them.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
“.. The Cybertruck sold one-sixth of Musk's 250,000-unit annual projection and posted the steepest sales decline of any U.S. EV nameplate in 2025.” @yahoofinance.com $TSLA 247wallst.com/investing/20...
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 28/07/2026
Trump Goes on Bizarre Rally Rant About ‘Blue Cities’: The People Are ‘Not Clean’
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Trump Goes on Bizarre Rally Rant About ‘Blue Cities’: The People Are ‘Not Clean’
President Donald Trump went on a bizarre rant about blue cities at a rally in Michigan on Monday — claiming, "The people are, I hate to say this, not clean." The post Trump Goes on Bizarre Rally Rant About ‘Blue Cities’: The People Are ‘Not Clean’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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kalibomeli.bsky.social @kalibomeli.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
6/ We asked Nick Adams (and his mother) for comment. He did not respond to a detailed list of questions. If you want to see the full story, please click here: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.
Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG w...
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kalibomeli.bsky.social @kalibomeli.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
1/ This is Nick Adams. He’s a big deal in MAGA world. He’s got 638K followers on X and 2.1M on Facebook. President Trump even appointed him to a role at the State Dept. But when I started digging into Adams' nonprofit for "civics" education, something didn't look right ... 🧵
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