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Jeff May or May Not

@jeffmay.bsky.social
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Liberal Louisiananian and Chihuahua lover just trying to save democracy. My pronouns are “the one who makes a good gumbo”

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 3h
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an abrupt attempt to force Ukraine to surrender and to save the Russian economy, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues:
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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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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Loser. Traitor.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 09/10/2026
Over a year ago I met an Anthropic employee at a conference and at one point she mentioned that one of the things she was working on was whether or not it was cruel to ever turn off an AI model. I thought she was joking. She was not.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 08/10/2026
Trump keeps claiming that, out of his deep and abiding concerns about propriety, he deliberately decided not to go after Obama, Biden, and Hillary Clinton. He’s asking us to pretend we didn’t see the recent history that played out before our eyes. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Trump scrambles to rewrite recent history on his efforts against Obama, Biden and Clinton
The president might be eager to brag about his perceived magnanimity, but he’s asking us to forget what we all saw with our own eyes.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 08/10/2026
Trump is increasingly brazen in politicizing federal disaster relief, explicitly tying approvals to campaign endorsements and elections. It’s one of the underappreciated scandals of his second term. Or as one governor put it yesterday, it’s “complete and total bulls---.” www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Ahead of the midterms, Trump isn’t even being subtle about politicizing disaster aid
The president’s latest move was so brazen that the governor of Wisconsin called Trump’s announcement “complete and total bulls---.”
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
All the sobbing and bellyaching does not seem very, well, high-T masculine, a major theme for a party marinating in toxic misogyny. Bullies who accuse their opponents of feminizing the country (especially the milit) and target trans kids seem ever so frail and helpless when things don't go their way
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Trump: the Whining, Weak Wimp
🚨 26 Days to the Midterms 🚨
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 07/10/2026
For years, even Democrats who liked Medicare for All assumed it was too unpopular to endorse. It’s time for them to reassess: The latest KFF poll found 66% public support for Medicare for All, an all-time high. (It’s even increasingly popular among Republicans) www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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National poll shows unprecedented public support for Medicare for All
For years, Democrats feared that the reform lacked public support. A new survey suggests it’s time to reassess those assumptions.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Data centers have come to serve as a stand-in for a host of issues — affordability, the outsized power of high-tech companies, soaring energy issues, Trump’s utter cluelessness, Republicans’ inability to cross their cult leader and the looming divide between the rich and everyone else.
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Data Center Backlash Is MAGA’s Comeuppance
🚨 27 Days to the Midterms 🚨
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 07/10/2026
Team Trump is effectively saying it misappropriated $11.5 million in taxpayer money, but they're promising not to misuse any *additional* funds. That’s nice, but there’s still the matter of the money that the White House already (and illegally) took from us. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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White House rejects calls for reimbursements on publicly funded campaign ads
Democrats Team Trump’s gambit as the “theft of public resources,” which comes with the expectations that the money must be paid back.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I really *want* Boulder, CO to win its SCOTUS argument against Suncor and Exxon over climate change. But the Supreme Court will never let that happen. In part because Boulder’s glorious, RIGHTEOUS argument… is also bullshit, legally speaking. My latest in @thenation.com
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This Lawsuit Could Make Big Oil Pay for the Harm It’s Caused
The question is whether the Supreme Court will let it.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 05/10/2026
When Trump tried to bully Tom Cotton into submission by giving out his cell number, he offered timely evidence of a broader problem: Nearly six years into his presidency, this guy still has no idea how to work with Congress or advance legislative priorities. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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With offensive against Tom Cotton, Trump picks the wrong fight at the wrong time
Eleven years into his political career, and nearly six years into his presidency, Trump still has no idea how to work with Congress.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New Fox poll shows Trump coalition collapsing in Texas. GOP is sinking money into Iowa and Kansas. The horrors of Late-Stage Trumpism are creating space for a new anti-corruption, anti-cruelty politics to emerge. On the pod, @aselrod.bsky.social is brilliant on this: newrepublic.com/article/2161...
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Fox Drops Brutal Poll on Trump as Leaks Reveal MAGA Panic: “Wake Up!”
As the Trump-GOP position worsens, political theorist explains why Trump-MAGA’s corrupt and depraved misrule has created space for a new, values-based liberal-Democratic politics to emerge.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
...when the much more straightforward strategy is to go to those voters and say "The Republicans you keep voting for? They think you're stupid, they lied to you, they conned you, they screwed up everything, and you should be ENRAGED at them."
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 05/10/2026
Pressed on the latest awful job numbers, the White House’s Kevin Hassett said it’s unfair to emphasize one month’s data too much. Fine. Let’s talk about the bigger picture — and just how ugly US job creation has been since Trump returned to office. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Rs could have taken back tariff authority, cut off war funding, reined in ICE to, refused to confirm unfit Cabinet secretaries and a weak Federal Reserve chairman. And, most of all, they could have rejected the Big, Ugly bill. They didnt and now dread Trump coming to their district/state. KARMA
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Please, Mr. President, Campaign For My Republican Opponent!
🚨 29 Days to the Midterms 🚨
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Al Franken @alfranken.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We’re officially a month away from the midterms. Now’s the time for Trump to get out around the country & campaign for Republicans in close races. I suggest he go to TX, OH, MI, GA, NC, SC, ME, IA, AK, KS, MS, & MN. 1/2
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Loser
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Something big may be happening: Trump's world-historical misrule may be creating the conditions for the emergence of a coalition similar to the one that ousted Viktor Orban earlier this year: Anti-corruption, anti-authoritarian, pro-democracy. I made this case here: newrepublic.com/article/2161...
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 30/09/2026
The Democrats’ midterm message: Republicans are offering more of the same. Speaker Mike Johnson’s midterm message: Yep, pretty much. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Democrats and Speaker Johnson agree: Republicans are offering voters more of the same
“What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already,” the Louisiana Republican said, doing the GOP no favors.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 30/09/2026
Was it funny to see the new White House AI chatbot, on its first day of operations, presenting the public with facts that completely contradicted Trump’s alternate reality and brazen lies? Actually, yes, it was. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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On its first day, the White House’s new AI chatbot causes embarrassing troubles for Trump
America.gov, which the president described as “damn good,” presented the public with facts that were wholly at odds with Trump’s alternate reality.
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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bright side: the risk isn’t catastrophic *and* existential
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 29/09/2026
Republican election deniers had such high hopes for the Justice Department’s “grand conspiracy” investigation. But as its top prosecutors resign, the absurd crusade appears to be falling apart. It won’t be missed. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Justice Department’s ‘grand conspiracy’ investigation loses another key prosecutor
The administration’s sprawling inquiry into Donald Trump’s election conspiracy theories appears to be falling apart quickly.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 28/09/2026
Sept 20: Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) said she’d spoken to Trump, who was “very receptive” to her concerns about mass deportations Sept 26: Trump turns on Salazar with a vengeance, suggests she might need to be replaced on the ballot www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Maria Elvira Salazar initially avoided Trump’s wrath. Then he turned on her.
On Sept. 20, Salazar said she’d spoken to the president, and he was “very receptive” to her concerns. A week later, he went after her with a vengeance.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Elites that surrended to Trump in 2025 miscalculated, letting his imagined cultural dominance spook them into inflating the price of getting on his bad side. But now the logic of collective resistance has been confirmed as sound. Should have realized this earlier! newrepublic.com/article/2158...
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JoCash @josephinec.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
She spent more time going after Al Franken than she ever did on Jeffrey Epstein. I will stay at home before I will ever vote for her now. Do Nothing Senator.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 24/09/2026
Trump’s decision to host a G20 summit at a business he personally owns is a real problem. Rewarding Putin with an invitation to the summit makes the problem so much worse. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Trump keeps finding new ways to give Putin unearned rewards, inviting backlash
The president’s decision to host a G20 summit a Trump-owned business is a problem. Inviting the Russian leader makes the problem worse.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Gain Newsom support for Paramount disaster is possibly curtains for his 2028 hopes. At least it SHOULD be
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 18/09/2026
It’s easy to grow inured, but in Europe’s biggest war since WWII, Trump boasted about an energy truce that doesn’t exist in reality. Remember when the WH would be under pressure to explain how/why the president managed to get something this important so terribly wrong? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Trump celebrates an energy truce between Russia and Ukraine that doesn’t appear to exist
Trump boasted about a major breakthrough that did not happen. In the not-too-distant past, this would’ve been a major controversy.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
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A Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter Fraud
His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yesterday I wrote “The lawyers may need to go back to court to seek an injunction to prevent him from tearing the Kennedy Center down” & this morning, it’s happening. joycevance.substack.com/p/another-lo...
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Another Loss for Trump: The Kennedy Center
And more
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 17/09/2026
Quite a week for Trump and the Kennedy Center: - his loyalists closed the building indefinitely - he twice said he’d refuse to help unless his name is added - said building could be ‘ripped down’ - was seen reviewing a printout about the center being “demolished” www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Trump says Kennedy Center could be ‘ripped down,’ still wants his name added
The president was also seen through the windows of Air Force One examining a large printout about the Kennedy Center being “demolished.”
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Dana Milbank @danamilbank.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sorry about the Kennedy Center, Mr. President. But there’s still the Donald J. Trump Bestiality Waiver. My @washingtonsun.bsky.social column on the remaining naming opportunities for a self-obsessed president: www.washingtonsun.com/perspectives...
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Dana Milbank: These Disasters Have Trump’s Name All Over Them
Herbert Hoover had his Hoovervilles. It’s no picnic in Trumptown, either.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 16/09/2026
When Mike Johnson made the case yesterday that Republicans inherited “a country on the brink of ruin” early last year, he wasn’t just lying. The Speaker was also offering a reminder about how desperate the GOP is to rewrite recent history ahead of the midterms. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Republicans’ midterm strategy hinges on rewriting the recent past
The more the GOP tries to overwhelm voters’ memories, the more we’re reminded just how spectacularly the party has failed over the last two years.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good morning. Closing arguments are getting underway in the trial of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Luis Uribe, accused of several sexual assaults in Chicago's suburbs in 2022. Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Rothblatt kicks things off.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Whitehouse grills Patel on Epstein 👇 WHITEHOUSE: Am I accurate in suggesting the missing 37 pages likely include FBI contemporaneous notes from interviews w/woman who said she was assaulted by Trump? PATEL: I don't know what you're referencing. We've produced 3.5m pages W: But not these 37
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Jeff May or May Not @jeffmay.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“The choice in November is between fascism and democracy!”
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Instead of sustained, serious critique of the MAGA movement’s descent into fascism, we got — at most — bemused coverage, which treated Trump as uniquely skilled in manipulating his supporters. Nowhere do we get a hint that he's manipulating a cult that has given up on reality and democracy.
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Words & Phrases // *Plus last night’s major SCOTUS ruling regarding the USPS*
🚨49 Days to the Midterms🚨
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I mean, hidden TV cameras recording “brokers” talking about how many hundreds of thousands of dollars it would take to secure a presidential pardon kinda has the feel of a “holy shit” story.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Is this a “holy shit” story? Because it seems like one.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
W/o getting drawn into the "seriously or literally" / "it'll never happen" trap, we need to stomp *hard* on the continuing effort to undermine Article 1 power of the purse by saying that this or that revenue stream makes something outside the normal budget process. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Lutnick says Trump’s $5,000 checks for Americans wouldn’t rely on taxpayer funds
A top White House official suggested Congress would use a budget process to fund them. Vice President JD Vance had said tariff revenues.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I paid $5.50/gal for 93 octane. $50 to fill the tank. It's all that idiot Trump's fault.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 11/09/2026
Now that the Reflecting Pool contractor has further discredited Trump’s “vandals” nonsense, I have questions, starting with: Will there be any accountability for Trump leaning on his DOJ to bring a felony charge against a former Olympian who didn’t do anything wrong? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Trump’s Reflecting Pool contractor acknowledges reality, discredits ‘vandals’ claim
It’s not just prosecutors who’ve shredded the president’s official line on the Reflecting Pool fiasco. Now, his contractor has, too.
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JR Radcliffe @jrradcliffe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🎶 Do you remember The very first day of September
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“Bennett decried Netanyahu’s reaction to the warning, claiming that Netanyahu ‘did not warn the heads of the security establishment, did not prepare Israel for the attack, and did not convene the cabinet.’ ... www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
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Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid decry Netanyahu's inaction after UAE warning of Hamas attack | The Jerusalem Post
Yair Lapid similarly scrutinized Netanyahu’s failure to heed the warning and claimed that others, including Egypt and the Shin Bet, had also attempted to warn the prime minister of Hamas’s threat.
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haveyouanywool.bsky.social @haveyouanywool.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Trump is so envious of the true American royalty, the Kennedy family. He tried to co-opt the Kennedy brand with RFK Jr., except that backfired, cuz nobody respects HIM. He paved over the Rose Garden. And he is trying to ruin the Kennedy Center. He'll try to rename the Kennedy Space Center next.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Unfortunately it looks like it won't be possible to stop Trump from building his ridiculous arch. Which is why it's all the more important that as soon as Democrats take power, they crush that sucker into dust. My latest at MS NOW: www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Trump won the battle over his awful arch. The next Democratic president can win the war.
There is no better way to reverse the lawlessness of the Trump era that than to remove the monuments he has erected to himself.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Those who value the rule of law and objective truth should applaud the Missouri Supreme Court’s rejection of the Missouri MAGA Republicans’ nonsensical argument that “no exception” means “no exception unless we want the power to gerrymander the state over the wishes of the voters.”
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The elite media is now going to question every Democrat about Hasan Piker. The Denunciation Demand is a trap, and Democrats shouldn't fall into it. I explained here: paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-denunc...
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The Denunciation Demand Is a Trap. Democrats Shouldn’t Fall Into It.
The Hasan Piker discourse shows this is a game candidates can’t win.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
this is why they have disqualified themselves from holding power. every single one of them puts loyalty to Trump ahead of obvious obligation to the constitution and our natl security. They are unfit to serve
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 03/09/2026
It was ridiculous enough when JD Vance said the US spent generations losing wars until Trump came along — as if Cadet Bone Spurs hadn’t failed in Iran. But for Vance, 15 minutes later, to deny the war in Iran is an actual war made matters vastly worse. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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After falsely pointing to a war victory, JD Vance says, ‘I wouldn’t call it a war’
The vice president said, “Right now, there is no active shooting.” Yet there appears to be overwhelming evidence of active shooting.
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