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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

This MAGA propaganda is deeply sinister. Stephen Miller has been lying about Portland/Chicago relentlessly. It's core to his project: He's trying to establish quasi-absolute power for Trump to simply invent pretexts by fiat to justify whatever abuses he launches. 5/ newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

NYT piece calls these MAGA types "provocateurs." It describes "dueling versions of reality." Both are common MSM tropes. But these are not provocateurs. They're propagandists. Only one side is employing deliberate deceptions on a vast scale for instrumental ends. 3/ newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit. This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 06/10/2025

Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 05/02/2025

The AHA & the @oah.org have released a joint statement on the presidential executive order “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling.” “We reject the premise that it is ‘anti-American’ or ‘subversive’ to learn the full history of the United States.” 🗃️

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AHA–OAH Statement on Executive Order “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling”

The American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians (OAH) have released a joint statement on the presidential executive order “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooli...

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency

“On Friday, February 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm (EST) all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs. Essential personnel expected to continue working will be informed by Agency leadership by Thursday, February 6, at 3:00pm (EST).

For USAID personnel currently posted outside the United States, the Agency, in coordination with missions and the Department of State, is currently preparing a plan, in accordance with all applicable requirements and laws, under which the Agency would arrange and pay for return travel to the United States within 30 days and provide for the termination of PSC and ISC contracts that are not determined to be essential. The Agency will consider case-by-case exceptions and return travel extensions based on personal or family hardship, mobility or safety concerns, or other reasons. For example, the Agency will consider exceptions based on the timing of dependents’ school term, personal or familial medical needs, pregnancy, and other reasons. Further guidance on how to request an exception will be forthcoming.

Thank you for your service”

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

"I just want to be clear about what's going on here." - @warren.senate.gov www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 01/02/2025

NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

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Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government

Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now

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@CharlesPPierce @theshebeen.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

By 51-50, we now have a deeply compromised, unqualified, D-list Fox host running the US military at the command of a convicted felon who once hosted a reality show. Just as the Founders intended.

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Deborah @history-deb.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

It’s #Caturday, right? Taking refuge from my lingering post-election slump to share a picture of my Elsa as a new rescue-kitty about 6 years ago. Followed by a portrait of how our life is nowadays (pardon early morning not-awake-yet picture).

White kitten looking wistfully up to the right

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