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Jack Pondit

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We all do better when we all do better. ~Paul Wellstone #Alaska

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 2h
The Time interview with Trump is a master class in subjecting yourself to a stream of lies, lunacy, and insults with no correcting him, no calling out his crazy shit, nothing to show for it, nothing accomplished. It’s enabling, not journalism. They should die of shame. time.com/article/2026...
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 10h
1,000 Pittsburgh electrical workers walk off the job!
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Nearly 1,000 Duquesne Light Company union workers walk off the job
Nearly 1,000 union employees at Duquesne Light Company walked off the job Wednesday night.
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Jack Pondit @jackpondit.bsky.social · 12h
This has to represent hundreds of business bankruptcies all entirely due to Trump.
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Jack Pondit @jackpondit.bsky.social · 12h
Safly, he may well be one of their best.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h
if you take seriously Musk’s stated beliefs i don’t think there is any plausible explanation other than door #2
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 18h
it was either malicious negligence on a Hitleresque scale or deliberate murder of as many nonwhite people as possible. I think door #2 is more plausible
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 23h
They took away Medicaid from my 82 year old mom. They don't answer the phone and when she showed up in person, they refused to talk to her and told her to go home and call them. She got her low income senior housing because she qualified for Medicaid.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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Jack Pondit @jackpondit.bsky.social · 13h
Why doesn’t Bill Hill have releasing the Epstein Files on his platform page of his website slamming Begich for this is a slam dunk @billhillforalaska.bsky.social
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Jack Pondit @jackpondit.bsky.social · 13h
And just 2 years ago, the news was completely saturated by the shocking news that Biden was old and his staff allegedly covered it up.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 17h
🚨 The Pentagon is "increasing [nuclear] options available to the President," per classified briefing to Congress:
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Trump’s Finger Gets Closer to Nuclear Button
Not that Congress cares
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 13h
The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The lone woman on Tennessee's death row was still alive after she was administered two lethal injections, her lawyer said in a motion seeking to halt her execution Wednesday night, a stunning development after the Supreme Court had stepped in to allow the state to put her to death.
At 8:26 p.m. local time, witnesses said
"executioners had injected both syringes of lethal injection chemicals and Pike is still alive and snoring," her lawyers said in a federal court filing.
They said Pike "has not lost consciousness and still has a heartbeat," and that curtains to the death chamber "have gone down twice."
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 13h
Mr Feinberg below is one of the agents fired by Kash Patel. Seems like an important point.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 16h
This morning, the Justice Department went after nearly an entire state's federal bench, all at once. The judges had said the government wasn't following court orders. The response was to try to remove the judges. Here's why every American should be paying attention. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Navin Pokala 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @navinpokala.bsky.social · 16h
If I were a defense attorney who had a client prosecuted by Eric Schmitt when he was a prosecutor, I would look into getting those convictions overturned given his demonstrated fabrications/incompetence bsky.app/profile/sahi...
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Jack Pondit @jackpondit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There are many good reasons Americans hate data centers and AI. The fact that AI has little positive impact on the average persons life and it is weaponized by billionaires to make our lives worse and more expensive is a big part of it.
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Jack Pondit @jackpondit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just look at these smug assholes.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jesus Christ dude
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😂😂😂
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One, this hilariously outs who all got the talking points in advance and how blatantly they parrot those. Two, Schmitt really thought today he'd launch himself to the VP nomination and with that a decent shot at the presidency down the line. Instead this is the only thing he'll be remembered for.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have one house.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After Eric Schmitt lied and was corrected at the Jack Smith hearing, the NY Times called it a “misunderstanding.” This might be fair if Schmitt had a record of honesty (he doesn’t) and if Schmitt didn’t repeat the same lie after the hearing (he did). What the hell is the NY Times doing?
Devlin Barrett and Charlie Savage
Reporting from Washington
Jack Smith, who as special counsel twice charged Donald J. Trump with criminal offenses after his first term, defended his actions in testimony before Congress on Tuesday, as a Republican senator accused him of perjury based on what appeared to be the lawmaker’s misunderstanding about a basketball game involving the University of Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Muggsy Pogues @circusmaximus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is journalism. 
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fucking ridiculous headline. How about the people dragged off the street?!
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ICE operations are making it hard for vulnerable Republicans fighting for their political survival
Immigration enforcement in Kansas, Texas, Florida and beyond is forcing battleground Republicans to answer for the fallout.
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Jack Pondit @jackpondit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is unexpectedly strong from a Republican, but he still blames stupidity when we all know it is corruption.
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 26/09/2026
Dan Sullivan owns up to $5 million in his brother's chemical company. And he used Alaska’s Senate seat to vote for the tariffs that allowed the company to raise costs on customers and pay out $349 million to shareholders. Self-dealing at its finest.
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Sullivan’s family company’s profits grow as Alaskans struggle with rising costs
Sen. Dan Sullivan holds up to $5 million in shares in the company, which just paid shareholders $349 million in dividends.
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Jack Pondit @jackpondit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump and his GOP lackeys are systematically making our lives worse and more dangerous.
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Jack Pondit @jackpondit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A free and independent media is key to democracy and ours is slipping away. Fixing this needs to be a top Democratic priority with concrete funded policies to support.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“As Trump funds influencers to manipulate the Brazilian election, he is getting help in his quest from Elon Musk, who is blocking accounts that post critiques of the Bolsonaro-Trump alliance. This week, the National Conference of Bishops of Brasil lost access to its X account.“
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Censorship is alive and well in the American tech oligarchy. 🇺🇸 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
CNN pulled a clip of Michele Tafoya recently saying "I've never said I was embarrassed to be from Minnesota" and then displays an unearthed and deleted tweet of her saying "I am embarrassed to be from Minnesota" 🥴
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 27/09/2026
More than 1.2 million children lost access to food aid through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program between July 2025 and 2026, according to a new analysis. to.pbs.org/4dwuKEf
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More than 1.2 million children have lost SNAP benefits since last July. Experts explain why
Experts say that the drop is a cause for worry, and that it’s unlikely that the need for food assistance has dropped.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Why has Elon Musk been getting this film's trailer banned from most social media platforms Maybe we should all watch it to find out
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Jack Pondit @jackpondit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There are few media biases as strong as the bias that Rahm Emanuel should be forced on voters no matter how clearly they indicate that no one likes him.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
GOP support grows for subpoenaing Donald Trump Jr. over the wedding party controversy: Five Senate Republicans (and counting) are taking the burgeoning scandal seriously, which is five more than usual.
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GOP support grows for subpoenaing Donald Trump Jr. over wedding party controversy
Five Senate Republicans (and counting) are taking the burgeoning scandal seriously, which is five more than usual.
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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yes, this has been happening with a great deal of energy. Project 2025 laid out much of it with clarity. The Trump team used that playbook against higher ed, then added more attacks.
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
CANADA: The First Walmart Union Contract in North America jacobin.com/2026/09/walm...
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The First Walmart Union Contract in North America
At a Walmart distribution center in Mississauga, Ontario, workers have made history by winning the first-ever union contract with the logistics giant in North America. Their fight has meant pay raises...
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Go on. Keep proving the point of the documentary, fellas.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for 'Musk' (Exclusive) — The Hollywood Reporter
The Alex Gibney doc has received denials from YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X on running the trailer. Its U.S. distributor is appealing.
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Jack Pondit @jackpondit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
How about a page one story about the number of voters disenfranchised now?
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