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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 11h

There are all kinds of poison, as @margaretmcmullan.bsky.social shows in this compelling essay that's personal and political, angry and anguished. msindy.org/p/opinion-to...

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Opinion: To the bug man who told me Democrats need to wake up

I’m in my office alone, working.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 20h

@emilyslist.bsky.social endorses @angieforfl.bsky.social. emilyslist.org/news/emilys-... If you read this @nytimes.com profile of her, you'll get why, and also why she won the Florida Senate primary — agree with her or not. Fascinating candidate. Gift link 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/u...

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She’s Been Fighting for 20 Years. Has Angie Nixon’s Moment Come? (Gift Article)

The Democratic nominee for Senate faces strong headwinds in a decidedly Republican-leaning state. She has been a fighter, and an underdog, for years.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 22h

From "Eric Schmitts the Bed" to "Hawkward," Olympic-level headlines here to match the Olympic-level faceplant. (But since nothing matters, he'll get a GOP participation trophy for trying, right?)

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A good case from @dickpolman.bsky.social that this man’s selfish short-sightedness set us on path to where we are today. Excruciating insights on the wreckage of a legacy. dickpolman.substack.com/p/ralph-nade...

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Ralph Nader is still a pariah. He deserves to be.

Tilting the ‘00 race to Bush was his original sin. We’re still suffering the consequences.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The 2028 election may create "an historic opportunity for Democrats to establish a 'New New Deal,'" writes @davidrlurie.com. The challenge: building "a broad and resilient" coalition to lead us out of our political and economic crises. Yes please. No infighting. 🙂 www.publicnotice.co/p/democratic...

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Will Democrats offer Americans a New New Deal?

A new social pact will be needed in the wake of Trump’s trail of ruin.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Unnerving @washingtonpost.com exclusive: US and Russia worked in secret to remove "a range of provisions designed to safeguard the use of artificial intelligence in weapons." For instance, leave targeting to AI, no human review required. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4yWadkR

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U.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global AI weapons pact

The two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progre...

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This @adamkinzinger.substack.com analysis of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's surprisingly grounded and practical politics is striking. Imagine someone with these strategic and persuasive gifts as House speaker or Senate majority leader.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@schumer.senate.gov and @klobuchar.senate.gov propose “First-Ever Plan To Protect American Farmers From Price Shocks & Create National Fertilizer Reserve.” Perfectly timed. Are you listening Iowa, Kansas, Texas, Nebraska, upstate NY, et al? www.forth.news/lists/ussen-...

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As Trump’s Iran War Sends Fertilizer Prices Soaring — Schumer Unveils First-Ever Plan To Protect American Farmers From Price Shocks & Create National Fertilizer Reserve | Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) | F...

From Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) | Forth

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Exactly backwards. Presidents should not be telling CNN or anyone else what they should or should not be covering.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@natecohn.bsky.social: "In an average of high-quality national polls over the last month, Democrats led Republicans among Hispanic likely voters by 35 percentage points, 64-29, on the generic congressional ballot." Maybe time for a little rational exuberance? 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...

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Hispanic Voters, Abandoning Trump, Are Transforming the Midterm Map (Gift Article)

Texas and even Florida are the places to watch in November if a polling pattern holds.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@vermontgmg.bsky.social pushes for "a long, long, long series of consequences" when Democrats take charge: "We need to return to punishing people who do obvious crimes. Make Crimes Criminal Again." His list of such crimes is devastating (and only partial). www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-the-a...

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It's the accountability, stupid.

Doing crime

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026

As Yom Kippur came to a close this evening, I was privileged to join my friend, Ruth Messinger, at a break fast in her home. It was an honor to celebrate this moment of renewal with many of our Jewish neighbors. May it be a year of justice, joy and peace.

Mayor Mamdani, Ruth Messinger, and two children hold challah bread.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

When you’ve lost white people in Florida.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

@radiofreetom.bsky.social expresses every single thought I've had since Trump floated making his arch an arsenal, starting with: "Just imagine the sense of peace that visitors, tourists, and schoolchildren would feel standing atop an ammo dump full of ordnance." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Trump’s Monumental Obsession

The president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A home truth here from Robert Kagan. When facts and evidence are irrelevant, there's never a reason to change your mind. As we see from Trump's decades of believing and acting on patently damaging and even dangerous opinions and policies.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There must be some rich Democrats out there who are willing to help their party catch, ride and maximize this blue wave for the next six weeks. If you know any (and alas, I do not) maybe flag this column for them?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/09/2026

"It's absolutely inflationary. If Joe Biden had proposed that, conservatives would've been all against it" -- GOP Sen. Cassidy on Trump's $5k checks

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

ICYMI: While Democrats don’t need Joe Manchin's vote anymore, they do need him to keep quiet if he can’t say anything nice about them. But the former senator has taken a different and maddening path. My new piece at @ms.now, that outlaw news organization (joke). www.ms.now/opinion/joe-...

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Opinion | Why Joe Manchin’s endorsement of Susan Collins is so infuriating

Does the former West Virginia senator really believe his old colleague will transform from credulous to courageous?

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Hard to overstate how fake this "national security" justification for the Arch is. If we need new defense structures and capabilities for the nation's capital, there are large military bases very close by in DC and Northern Virginia that can host them. wapo.st/4hojaMW

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Trump says planned arch will be ‘military complex’ for drones, snipers

The president's post about the arch planned near Arlington National Cemetery comes as veterans groups, historic preservationists and others attempt to stop the project.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Peak doom-scrolling on a morning already looking like the most/best/worst ever.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just off top of my head, MS NOW broke the USS Lincoln story, Politico the story that F-35 parts were somehow diverted to Hong Kong, and CNN the story of AI misinfo (chatbot wrongly said a Chinese ship was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program) that nearly started a war.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social floats a possible response to Trump’s attacks on CNN, Politico and MS NOW: Every news outlet should boycott the Trump White House. "See how Trump likes it when no legitimate news outlet shows up for his tantrums and lies." 🤔 www.americaamerica.news/p/is-trump-c...

Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Some art history you never forget. Like the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian. I have never seen anything like this Encon Building Solutions van on the New Jersey Turnpike, except Mondrian paintings. Turns out the company logo and hard hats also look like this.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

New heights (depths?) in projection: Trump bars CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the WH, falsely claiming they report "fake news" and "fiction and lies." Reminds me of my (fictional) 2017 column imagining a world in which he was as committed to facts as most media. Hah. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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What if Trump apologized for his, ahem, mistakes, just like the 'fake' news media?

Imagine if, like legitimate news outlets, he issued contrite statements retracting his falsehoods. Check out the possibilities.

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is so insane I cannot believe this is real. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"It astounds me that GOP lawmakers prefer what may be a 10% chance of a world-wide catastrophe to the risk of the president saying something mean about them on social media, but here we are." Chris Truax argues for putting Democrats in charge to get serious about AI regs. thehill.com/opinion/tech...

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AI guardrails can’t wait — vote Republicans out in November

It astounds me that Republican lawmakers prefer what may be a 10 percent chance of a world-wide catastrophe to the risk of the president saying something mean about them on social media, but here w…

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

An elegant description of how and why our our Constitution came to be, its strengths and shortcomings, its creative mechanisms for assuring a balance of powers, and the wisdom of Benjamin Franklin. Wonderful from @hcrichardson.bsky.social heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...

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September 17, 2026

In 1761, 55-year-old Benjamin Franklin attended the coronation of King George III and later wrote that he expected the young monarch’s reign would “be happy and truly glorious.” Fifteen years later, i...

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Does Manchin think that high gas prices and less healthcare are good for his state? That another Republican Senate majority will check Trump in the next two years?" Joe Manchin is now an ex-senator, but he's still tormenting Democrats. My latest, at @ms.now www.ms.now/opinion/joe-...

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Opinion | Why Joe Manchin’s endorsement of Susan Collins is so infuriating

Does the former West Virginia senator really believe his old colleague will transform from credulous to courageous?

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Losing Susan Collins, Joe Manchin said, would be to lose “the soul of the Senate.” Yet keeping her, and the GOP majority, risks losing the soul of America. Has the former senator missed the last couple of years? The import of the last few elections? My latest, for @ms.now www.ms.now/opinion/joe-...

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Opinion | Why Joe Manchin’s endorsement of Susan Collins is so infuriating

Does the former West Virginia senator really believe his old colleague will transform from credulous to courageous?

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Missed this earlier—> *George Will* urges South Carolina voters to reject Republican Darline Graham and choose Democrat Annie Andrews, a pediatrician with 3 kids, as their next senator. Good for him. Gift link. 🎁 wapo.st/4xxy4GD

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Opinion | Independence-minded South Carolina has an alternative to Darline Graham

Democrat Annie Andrews provides a ballot alternative to a Republican who'll cater to Trump's whims.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 16/09/2026

"Here’s the deal: If the House is going to hold hearings and investigations of all these people anyway, then they might as well go to eleven and make those hearings a prelude to passing articles of impeachment."

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Say what you will about @washingtonpost.com, but its local scoops wreck my day almost everyday. Good for the paper. Bad for those of us enduring the ruination of our home, and for what? This arch situation is ridiculous. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/3VhZ7YR

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Trump’s arch will harm historic sites but must proceed, federal officials say

National Park Service officials acknowledge that President Donald Trump’s planned arch would harm dozens of historic sites but say it must move forward anyway.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

There is something to be said for a complicated person who sometimes, not often but sometimes, is on the exact same page as you and gets the job done. Like Rep. Thomas Massie trying to force an impeachment vote on Hegseth. www.contrariannews.org/p/how-i-got-...

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How I Got Past Massie Derangement Syndrome

He’s no big-tent moderate, but he’s fearless on Trump, Epstein and Iran.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/09/2026

This is why Trump can’t stand Black women. They don’t take his shit. Let’s appreciate Rep. Joyce Beatty for being the fighter we need. Trump: “I think you’re incompetent.” Beatty: “I know you’re incompetent.” Then she reminded him: “You had more bankruptcies than anybody in the room.” 🔥

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