Reposted by Herd MendacityJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 21hThis has been the pattern for a while. Lots of reasonable pundits cautioning against reading too much into the dogwhistle while the actual out-and-proud Nazis cheer “One of us! One of us!” 0477
Reposted by Herd MendacityJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 21hI’ve been saying for a while, someone needs to estimate the net cost of millions of people having to spend a chunk of every day worrying about what the insane president has done or will do. 7641146
Reposted by Herd MendacityGrudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 16hRs would treat that like the actual taped phone call where Trump demands GA officials overturn the results 1467
Reposted by Herd MendacityDan McDonald @kebe.com · 29/09/2026Who's that Nixon advisor again? Oh yeah this guy: theintercept.com/2022/08/25/s...theintercept.comThe Origin of Student Debt: Reagan Adviser Warned Free College Would Create a Dangerous "Educated Proletariat”In 1970, Roger Freeman, who also worked for Nixon, revealed the right’s motivation for coming decades of attacks on higher education. 2899
Reposted by Herd MendacityMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“We’re finally going to finish Reconstruction & do what we should have done after Watergate, Iran-Contra, & January 6” 2253483
Reposted by Herd MendacityMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Again, we can debate what we call the regime under which we now live. But it's not "democracy," there's no such thing as "free & fair elections" where this is allowed, & a constitutional order in which these things keep happening & they do not end a presidency is not really a "republic" of laws. 210029
Reposted by Herd MendacityJohn Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Streisand Effect, Activate. 32923327
Reposted by Herd MendacityMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’m sure the wildly inappropriate editor of the WSJ opinion page will change the pieces he platforms, now that the far right authoritarian party is the one doing the socialism. bsky.app/profile/mcop... 05013
Reposted by Herd MendacityWarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Zelensky’s communications adviser Dmytro Lytvyn denied a Bloomberg report that Trump urged Zelensky to travel to Moscow. He called it false. 418131
Reposted by Herd MendacityAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Being the undisputed worst POTUS in history is pretty cool, but I think we can do better on this approval rating 36595082245
Reposted by Herd MendacityBen Siemon @benjaminjs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026What do they think is happening? The ACA is still quite expensive. They think fake people are signing up, paying hundreds or thousands a month, but making no claims and somehow that hurts the system? 3361134
Reposted by Herd MendacityGrudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The biggest liar in human history demanding to be the one and only arbiter of what is real or fake is really too much to take 04612
Reposted by Herd MendacityJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 20/09/2026These people thought they could get rid of democracy and keep the economic benefits of democracy. It's a choice folks. If autocracy was good for business, the pattern of global productivity would be much different. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/20/t...cnbc.com‘It's awful’: How tariffs, soaring fuel costs and higher interest rates are squeezing American companiesTariffs, fuel prices and interest rates are squeezing American companies, particularly manufacturers, auto suppliers, retailers and transportation businesses. 516856
Reposted by Herd MendacityStephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If I didn't know there were in fact varieties of capitalism and that there are alternatives to what we have now I might also don a beret. 2737
Reposted by Herd MendacityCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Huh, I guess the whole strategy of cable news outlets not asking the Trump White House hard questions and failing to push back on weak answers in order to preserve their access to the Trump White House wasn't much of a great strategy. 24837155
Reposted by Herd MendacityErin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Last week, an attendee at the Republican Convention repeatedly shouted that Democratic candidates should be shot and not one person at the convention said “no”. Not even the U.S Senator who was speaking at the time, who very clearly heard what was being shouted. 15316
Reposted by Herd MendacityRachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Trump’s war on modern art looks ridiculous—until you learn who did it before. From Hitler’s “Degenerate Art” purge to Trump’s Kennedy Center and Smithsonian crusade, this is what happens when a leader decides culture should serve the state. thecycle.substack.com/p/the-art-of...thecycle.substack.comThe Art of ControlDonald Trump’s campaign to bring American culture under his ideological control 618369
Reposted by Herd MendacityRyan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This speaks to an odd duality of faux-populism where the political right whips the left for imagined "faculty-lounge" politics, but then, given the keys to the newsroom, they replace it with something much closer to the imagined faculty-lounge politics, and it is hugely unpopular. 3223
Reposted by Herd MendacityMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Again, I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Big Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn. No Fascism, as it turns out, is the Actual Popularism. 45511
Reposted by Herd MendacityMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Once again, we should have started treating the far right authoritarian party’s lies about the existence of mass voter fraud as if they were claims about the flatness of the earth approximately three decades ago. Other, more serious countries have actual constitutional courts. 1134278
Reposted by Herd MendacityGrudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026What’s so funny about this is this is EXACTLY how he talked about the Bible 726736
Reposted by Herd MendacityAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/09/2026This is what Trump is excusing when he says of Xi that “we spy on them too” — “Before Iran carried out its attack that killed 3 US troops, Tehran acquired images of the base in Jordan from China … It’s clearest evidence so far that Chinese support for Iran has had lethal consequences for US forces”wsj.comExclusive | U.S. Links Chinese Satellite Imagery to Iranian Strike That Killed Three TroopsThe finding deepens U.S.-China tensions ahead of the Trump-Xi summit as officials examine possible Chinese help tracking American warships. 701384566
Reposted by Herd MendacityMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Rupert Murdoch should be sent to the Hague 312024404
Reposted by Herd MendacityM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Democrat Ted Lieu Also Has A Response To Trump's Big Lie....... 39551209
Reposted by Herd MendacityJeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I'm old enough to remember when a Democratic *former* president had a private 30 minute conversation with a sitting AG and that by itself was a major weeks-long scandal. 610735
Reposted by Herd MendacityAkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Not only that, but if he were to actually skip it, that would immediately be used to attack him as well. This is bullshit all the way down and nobody should be giving it the time of day 913381523
Reposted by Herd MendacityDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way. 574105162145
Reposted by Herd MendacityLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The US has a dark history of unaccountability. 774134244317
Reposted by Herd Mendacitygrapesmoker @grapesmoker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026we actually have to destroy the alt-health industry in its entirety, much like we also need to destroy car dealerships 362889499
Reposted by Herd MendacityRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/09/2026So now we’re supposed to hate Canada and love Putin? That’s where we are at with this corrupt gangster government? 909186244341
Reposted by Herd MendacityMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026It must be so exhausting to generate a new fake scandal every week nypost.com/2026/09/05/m... 651435121
Reposted by Herd MendacityDirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights @dirtydancing2hn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026"Clearly defined good and evil"en.wikipedia.orgIran–Contra affair - Wikipedia 1403
Reposted by Herd MendacityNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026President to Central Bank: If the Federal Reserve won’t act irresponsibly and hurt the American economy by goosing inflation, I’ll hurt the American economy by making prices rise more! So there! 915330
Reposted by Herd MendacityWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is insane. This administration is utterly hostile to science and public health. 26728
Reposted by Herd MendacityEn Buen Ora @enbuenora.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I know people keep coming up with reasons why it's complex etc but everyone knows that if a Democrat were in charge and these shittty economic numbers coming out there'd be constant news media screaming, not polite whispering in the library so as not to spook our great and powerful market gods. 231
Reposted by Herd MendacityBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Trump's main contribution to our culture was showing other rich guys that they can be as odious as they want if they don't back down on their own volition. Much like a lot of laws, social opprobrium just doesn't apply to them 121981242
Reposted by Herd MendacityMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026"But her emails" on steroids. El-Sayed's posts are completely innocuous but Bari's minions are framing them as a controversy to keep the antisemitism accusations in the news cycle. 611297213
Reposted by Herd MendacityDigital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 29/08/20261/ Every time the party of lies & liars launch attacks on immigration, online drama, or socialism, it is a deliberate distraction. Their goal is to keep you playing defense vs talking about their failed policies & new war. Here is how to master the pivot #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy 611681
Reposted by Herd MendacityKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The “radical left” wants you to be able to eat a salad and go to the doctor. Super scary stuff. 412166973692
Reposted by Herd MendacityJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 28/08/2026They misspelled “embezzled” 221842
Reposted by Herd MendacityBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026 153568357
Reposted by Herd MendacityAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026the year is 2027. gas costs $83 and lettuce is at war with us. however every location on every map now says AMERICA 227147402818
Reposted by Herd MendacityGrudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The big Medicaid fraud case in MN that actually got criminally prosecuted that launched an invasion by an armed militia was $2M btw 29429
Reposted by Herd MendacityMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Had this exact conversation yesterday. It is very hard to explain to older people that this is the new normal & the old polity & GOP are gone, replaced by competitive authoritarianism & a far right party. And impossible to tell college students that this is not normal. It’s their whole experience. 58423
Reposted by Herd MendacityWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The president is a braindead chimpanzee who sees all interactions as zero-sum dominance games. Thus he understands a “trade deficit” as “we’re stealing money from you.” 1516919
