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Ian Jamison

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026
I love this paper so much. If I had my way every single journalist, pundit, analyst, and politician in the US would read it & then read it again. I want to quote all of it. www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...
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Frontiers | The problem with polarization research in an age of extremism
"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block i...
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The real worry is not the next two years, but the 2-4 after that. If this is a bellwether, we are never going to get the real, serious, major institutional reform that we need to make sure that this era of lawless authoritarianism doesn't happen again, even if we get a Democratic president in 2029.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Latest from ProPublica: "As the scandal over Susan Collins’ relationship with Hawaii defense contractor Navatek became the central issue in her senate campaign, she and her top aides mustered a defense with a series of incorrect and misleading claims." www.propublica.org/article/debu...
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Scoop: The anonymous source behind a POLITICO story that the White House is now using to justify a ban on the outlet was none other than JD Vance himself. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...
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The Source Behind The Ban
The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned.
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026
I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Poster for the “This is Gavin Newsom” podcast with a picture of the human oil slick himself
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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 23/09/2026
If you haven't checked out this new analysis from us yet, you'll definitely want to. And if you *have*, we'd be extremely grateful if you'd support our work by becoming a paid subscriber—which also comes with cool perks! www.the-downballot.com/subscribe
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
should be day 2 stories if Maine/national media pick up on fact Collins' lobbyist husband, Tom Daffron, worked closely - for years - with Scott Reed, a key player in the corruption scandal @andrewperez.bsky.social & @martinpengelly.bsky.social wrote about that in June zeteo.com/p/susan-coll...
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Susan Collins’s Husband Worked for the Lobbyist Running Her Super PAC
The Maine senator's husband apparently consulted last year for the lobbyist leading Pine Tree Results PAC, documents show.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My entire life I've heard centrists scolding leftist candidates with "oh, but how will we pay for all that? isn't your agenda unreasonable? shouldn't we run on a modest proposal for means-tested tax rebates?" Then Mamdani gets elected and makes it all look pretty easy. No wonder they hate him.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is corruption of the highest order. Susan Collins delivered millions in taxpayer dollars for a corrupt donor bankrolling her campaign, and then Donald Trump helped her cover it up. No wonder she voted with him 96% of the time and has rubberstamped his agenda to hurt Maine.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/09/2026
The Bulwark uncovered a fundraiser for Hakeem Jeffries hosted by Trump-connected lobbyists. We started asking questions, and the event was canceled. @cheetah.bsky.social explains what happened and what it reveals about how Washington works behind closed doors. lnk.thebulwark.com/4hqx0y9?utm_...
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Ian Jamison @ianjamison.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I know it’s out of vogue these days, but anyone have the November GCB implied by this year’s Washington Primary?
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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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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The worst part of Bonta caving on the Paramount merger is that it's a big flashing signal to every other company that there is no antitrust enforcement in America and you can bully your way into getting whatever you want. It's a monumentally bad decision.
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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
*the Aristocrats voice* Gavin Newsom!
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“In 2024, Trump won the white evangelical vote 82% to 17%. He lost everybody else 58% to 40%. Sit with those numbers for a minute. And then you realize that we gave this to America. That’s what the white evangelical church did.” -David French, to Holy Post Media
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 18/09/2026
elite DC reporters love Standing Up To Power over trivial matters when they are certain the president won't punish them for doing so
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
the first thing Democrats should do in 2029 is to tax the sale of voting dual-class stock according to its percentage of the total control of the corporation rather than its book value
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Ian Jamison @ianjamison.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Where I’m at right now. Minnesota is about as close to 100% D as it gets ⬆️MN 81% (44) NC 97% (45th Dem seat - most likely D flip) GA 90% (46) NH 81% (47) ⬆️ MI 69% (48 - most likely R flip) ME 76% (49) OH 69% (50) ⬆️AK 54% (51) TX 60% (52) IA 35% (53) ⬆️NE 18% (54) KS 30% (55) FL 20% (56) SC 12% (57)
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 17/09/2026
I closed my trade imbalance with the grocery store, now I just eat the money I would have spent there.
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Mike the Mad Biologist and Trump's Press Corps Approver @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I would add nutritional supplements to the list of things to attack.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
I know I am not the median voter. But when I watch Trump performances like the one we just endured in North Carolina, I can't escape the feeling that our problems go much deeper than "affordability" and we're whistling past the graveyard if we reduce our politics to that issue.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
whatcha thinkin?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026
crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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Jay Lender @jaylender.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
An infinite number of Hollywood executive monkeys will eventually recreate the television production methods that worked for 70 years.
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Now, ah may be a simple, I say simple country screenwriter, but ah’d suggest the pedophile-adjacent GOP assassins trying to actually murder Democratic candidates, just may be as newsworthy as an embarrasing podcaster, But that may just be me.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If I were the chair of the DNC and a Democratic gubernatorial candidate was attacked in the critical midterm election year, I’d probably highlight the fact that Donald Trump and the right have been stoking political violence for years with conspiracy bullshit and civil war rhetoric.
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“The Jews tricked us into the war and the liberals made us lose it” will I’m sure he conservative orthodoxy in a couple years
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"Insiderdom is reporting what people in power want you to know. Journalism is reporting what people in power don’t want you to know. And there will always be a difference." Powerful piece that goes beyond sports - and applies to toxic world of access based political journalism.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/09/2026
NEWS: New York City just recorded the safest summer in its history. From June through August, NYC saw its fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders on record. Major crime fell 6.2% year-to-date, murders plunged 24.1%, and the subway had zero murders, shootings, or rapes in August.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Fetterman text to aide: “Why do I have to keep having to meet with [Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia]?” Aide: “Because they are worried about vaccines and Medicaid cuts.” Fetterman: “Well I’m not.” @wsj.com #PAsen www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026
He ran the kind of government that US centrists fondly envision, and as a result, he was a total failure, everyone hated him, and no one will miss him.
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Former UK Prime Minister Starmer Steps Down From Parliament
Former UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is leaving British politics after deciding to step down as a member of Parliament.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The most corrupt president in history, using paramilitaries to wage war on the population, awarding himself billions of dollars, bulldozing the White House to build himself a golden palace, unilaterally torpedoing millions of ballots Democrats: five working groups on affordability
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 31/08/2026
How many students were kicked off their campuses for protesting this stuff? It's not just the psychotic openly genocidal propaganda, it's that the people in power in the US made it so that if you criticize this openly, your life could be destroyed.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
James Clyburn says on @meetthepress.com that he supports adding four seats to the Supreme Court: “A baker’s dozen would be a good number to have on the court.”
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
If Dems win a trifecta in 2028 and don't push forum-shopping reform (and related judicial reforms) as their first bill, they'll doom everything else they try to do. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/u...
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How Trump’s Policy Agenda Runs Through One Federal Court, in Texas (Gift Article)
For years, conservative litigants flocked to Judge Reed O’Connor’s district. Now, North Texas has become a favorite destination of the Justice Department.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This only "becomes a political and moral crisis" if reactionary centrists relentlessly frame it as one. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Abdul El-Sayed’s Hasan Piker Problem
In Michigan, the Democratic Senate candidate’s alliance with a hard-left streamer has become a political and moral crisis.

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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 28/08/2026
New episode from @volts.wtf: @toddntucker.com discusses our 2029 climate policy agenda and how a future administration can build on the new tools of economic statecraft this administration has put into practice—and actually employ them toward positive, environmental ends. Listen 🎧:
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Could we use Trump's tricks to make good green policy?
A conversation with Todd Tucker of the Roosevelt Institute.
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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Georgia audited its own data center tax breaks and found that the state gave up $474 million in sales taxes in one year—and got back just $41 million from the industry. At least 38 states have deals like this. #AI #News #US
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
a fun and telling thing to track will be whether twitch streamer hasan piker or sitting united states congressman max miller receives more mainstream news media coverage between now and the election www.the-downballot.com/p/morning-di...
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Morning Digest: Thought Max Miller would become a GOP pariah? Nope.
Republicans in competitive races are still backing the congressman—and keeping his contributions
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
What is important right now for the Democrats to do is to discredit the political project of a Republican Party captured by far right extremists, and to kill dead any attempt at Redemptionist politics.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Muckrack search, U.S.-based high domain authority news outlets over the past seven days: “Max Miller”: 256 articles “Hasan Piker”: 1,348 articles
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I think it's bad that the Democrats' House leader is having secret chummy meetings with a guy doing a domestic ethnic cleansing operation and funding a genocide abroad, then spending his entire week going on cable news to complain about a lefty Twitch streamer who nobody knows. Sorry for offending.
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