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Steven Pergam, MD, MPH @pergamic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Expect to see more of this - truly heartbreaking

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 14h

Trump administration is paying $1.6 million a week to keep Voice of America staff on leave www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“.. The ships, jet fighters, Marines and sailors will arrive in the region by the end of November, the officials said. Trump recently told aides that he expects to resume bombing Iran that same month ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The best way to get a handle on the raft of illegal activities coming from this White House is to convince officials they will be held accountable when the administration is no longer in power. 2029 isn’t that far away for folks breaking the law now.

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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mind-boggling and also predictable. And purposeful on the part of the administration.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 30/09/2026

⚡️Ukraine, over 50 allies sign pledge on return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia. Fifty countries and four other organizations signed a pledge on Sept. 29 calling for the return of Ukrainian prisoners of war, unlawfully detained civilians, and children abducted by Russia.

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Ukraine, over 50 allies sign pledge on return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia

"With the treatment of Ukrainian children, of POWs and detained civilians within the Russian Federation, there is actually a rather limited amount of coincidence involved. It is a systemic challenge,"...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

President Trump opposes deal that would open the Strait of Hormuz immediately. Holding out for diesel at $10 a gallon.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 27/09/2026

No — three hurricanes existing simultaneously across the Pacific is very unusual. Here's a bit more about what's behind it. bsky.app/profile/soci...

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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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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

These gambling sites are awful. And it’s even worse that our sports leagues and celebrities are promoting them and earning money from them.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 25/09/2026

"The Russians are constantly expanding their escalation operation: American and other businesses, data centers, internet providers — for Russia, ordinary life in and of itself is simply a target," Zelensky wrote on X.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is exactly why I have never bought that Trump doesn't actually believe in the lawless authoritarian things he does. If he were only interested in the trappings of the office & the personal monetization of it, he could easily have gotten away with that & been far more popular w/o the fascism.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) violated state law when he seized roughly 650,000 ballots from last year’s special redistricting election after pursuing debunked claims of a massive ballot discrepancy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to return seized ballots, affirms state’s power over local law enforcement

The twin rulings stand to make it significantly harder for local law enforcement to create election chaos and use unsubstantiated fraud claims to seize ballots outside California’s established electio...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Reminder that Donald Trump, Jr.’s venture capital firm is a major investor in Polymarket. He is also an adviser to Kalshi. Meanwhile, Trump’s regulators are suing states attempting to regulate prediction markets and Trump himself has said the platforms will “thrive” under his administration.

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New York sues prediction market Polymarket, calling it an unlicensed gambling operation that puts residents at risk

Prediction market platforms have argued states do not have the authority to govern them because they are already regulat

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Jonah Blank @jonahblank.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Literally true. Trump's approval would be ~40%-45% if he'd spent every day of the past 18 months on the golf-course, and never spoken a single word.

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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just a reminder that if Trump had done nothing in the past year and a half, he’d be a lot more popular and we’d be way better off. (Yes, I just filled my tank. How did you guess?)

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?

Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?

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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Another reminder to folks that while you may be mad at Bezos, subscribing to the Post supports the great reporters who still work there.

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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’m old enough to remember when Reagan met Gorbachev in Geneva in 1985 and didn’t wear an overcoat despite the cold so he wouldn’t look like an old man. And Gorb came out of the car dressed in his overcoat. Was a great visual for the youthful seeming Reagan. This not so much for Trump.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 22/09/2026

Trump administration tells Congress it will admit 17,500 white South African refugees

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Trump administration tells Congress it will admit 17,500 white South African refugees

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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Great to see the next book in our @oxfordunipress.bsky.social @bridgingthegap.bsky.social book series available for preorder: Rhiannon Neilsen's Algorithms & Atrocities, from which you will learn about her new idea, "cyber humanitarian interventions." global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

it's hard to overstate this. have we ever seen such a threat like this from an american president? a threat of such horrible death & destruction & aggression? in the home of the institution designed ***BY THE US*** to 'save succeeding generations from the scourge of war'?

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

you know what they say, damned if you do damned if you don't

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

At her 22-week ultrasound, Amanda Jablonski learned their daughter had developed without a skull or a brain. There was no chance for survival, and every day Amanda stayed pregnant was a threat to her health and life. Under TN law, she was denied an abortion. www.wbir.com/article/news...

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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“Human bodies are being pawned off and traded in order to get concessions from the U.S. government.” A lot of people canceled their Post subscriptions because they are justifiably angry with Bezos, but the paper still has amazing reporters doing important work www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

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How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation

Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 21/09/2026

The agency’s online detainee locator database no longer contains any record of 16,000 people given final removal orders. trib.al/QiAVEXM

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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

terrific piece by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu for @theatlantic.com on those she rightly calls "the clan of predators currently in charge of the U.S. federal government." They are making a huge mess for us, while cleaning up for themselves. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption

Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

by the numbers…

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yeah let’s bring the people who make everything shittier into the NBA

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

As Eisen explains, an insolvent company can go to bankruptcy, but an insolvent non-profit foundation goes to receivership, meaning the court appoints a new fiduciary. The exact opposite of what they wanted!

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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Sure but Donald Trump is doing the same overtly.

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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Someone should ask one of the drafters of the 1992 HW Bush administration defense planning guidance that sought to prevent regional hegemons from arising how they feel about a president who pursues policies feeding Russian, Chinese, and Iranian dreams of regional hegemony.

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CSIS Middle East @mideast.csis.org · 17/09/2026

"Iran believes that its hold over the Strait of Hormuz will diminish U.S. appetite for another war with Iran, and that will in turn limit Israel’s military options," writes @valinasr.bsky.social in the second installment of The Middle East Futures Papers. www.csis.org/analysis/ira...

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Iran and the Emerging Security Order in the Middle East

The war with Iran has reshaped the Middle East, exposing the limits of U.S. power and raising questions about the future of regional security. As the old order unravels, Tehran may emerge with…

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Midwest bearing the brunt of recent gas-price increases. (via @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social) ⛽️

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It is not humiliating for him, since he has no sense of dignity, but it is humiliating for the rest of us that the president of the United States serves as a subordinate press officer of the Kremlin. (1/2)

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/09/2026

Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data.

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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly

Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 17/09/2026

Two notes here: 1. Hard to convey how unusual it is for an admin to be pitted against this many religious groups in *so many different ways* all at the same time in court. The Trump admin is an outlier here. 2. I’m a religion reporter, but unclear why this trend hasn’t gotten more attention.

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 17/09/2026

Well they finally did it. DOGE got rid of my friend Anne, the only remaining person at the web design system for the entire US government. The replacement appears to be AI-generated code with no dedicated human oversight.

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GSA’s web design system head replaced with Treasury AI engineer

The U.S. Web Design System is intended to help the federal government build accessible and mobile-friendly websites.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future.

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