Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Suez Crisis underrated as an analogue for Strait of Hormuz. Yes, big foreign power, the local power has disrupted traffic through a major shipping route. Got any bright ideas? 79612
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/03/2026MacFarlane is a BEAST of a reporter. I'll be watching for his next chapter. @macfarlanenews.bsky.social @variety.com variety.com/2026/tv/news...variety.comScott MacFarlane, CBS News’ Hard-Charging Justice Correspondent, to ExitScott MacFarlane, CBS News' Hard-Charging Justice Correspondent, to Exit 1232006456
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/03/2026Trump is completely flailing. He didn't anticipate the economic blowback and now he's trying to undo the past 10 days and contain the damage. 67567731738
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialBruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Congrats to Scott McFarlane for having sense enough to get out of Bari Weiss's new CBS propaganda channel. He's too good for what that place is becoming.usatoday.comScott MacFarlane exits CBS amid more shakeups post-mergerScott MacFarlane is bidding farewell to CBS News after five years. His is just the latest departure for the network after a controversial merger. 371755332
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 10/03/2026The economy wasn’t doing great before Iran and it sure isn’t doing well now. Fool’s Golden Age. www.ms.now/opinion/trum... 11513154
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/03/2026One of the most important things I have written in a while. I hope you read, learn and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...democracydocket.comTrump told us who he was in 2012. Will we finally believe him today?Trump has always been an election denier. He has always vilified voting. He has always started with lies, escalated to the courts, and ultimately embraced violent rhetoric. 602107843
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/03/2026I'm sorry, this is all so new and confusing to me. Can you recommend a book about the mingling of religion and politics to help me understand? 1262288118
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 10/03/2026What is there even to say anymore? “Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., the president's sons, are backing a new drone company that is vying to meet fresh demand from the Pentagon and fill a hole left by the administration's ban on new Chinese drones in the U.S.” 38391147
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/03/2026me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58 442394926953
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/03/2026"The Ukrainians have become the world’s leading experts in counter-drone warfare. We need their expertise. Maybe we should have been learning from them this whole time."lnk.thebulwark.comTrump Confounded by the War He StartedIt’s now clear: There was no plan. 1644592
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Could someone let the crack Washpost editorial board know that the Utah legislative session ended 3 days ago? 614220
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/03/2026Lindsey Graham: "To all those who died in this endeavor called Epic Fury, you're protecting America" 7211108234
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/03/2026"We are already deeper in than I think he thought we would be, to the extent he thought about it at all. And the pain...it's not the kind of thing you can just get in and out of, and it is the kind of thing that voters notice." Sarah Longwell weighs in on Trump's war with Iran. 821839
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/03/2026If you’re roughly my age, it’s wild to reflect on the optimism for the future Americans felt when Obama was elected — young Americans spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate! — and contrast with what we face today. The falloff over the past 18 years is hard to process. 1687301525099
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialJeff Colgan @jeffcolgan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy 160100842438
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/03/2026"It is fraud" -- Neguse nails Kristi Noem for lying during her testimony yesterday when she told the Senate that DHS's $220m ad campaign starring her "went out to a competitive bid" (it did not), and tells her "I think there's gonna be accountability" (1/2) 398131143926
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/03/2026NANCY MACE: What is a woman? Have you learned that lesson? WALZ: I'm the governor of Minnesota. I'm not here to be a prop for your obsession. 2115233984362
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 04/03/2026“Imminent.” You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. 936122912101
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Americans are dead. Prices are skyrocketing. The Middle East is on fire. Civil war is brewing in Iran. And for what? A war that will leave the same hardliners in charge? A war that can't actually destroy their nuclear program? This is incompetence. Plain and simple. 551141623868
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 14/01/2026I do believe her roots need to be touched up. 20698
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14/01/2026This isn’t a leak hunt; it’s a hunt for free thinkers. 439171
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/01/2026"It took many decades before Congress approved even FBI agents having arrest powers and carrying firearms. Those are statutorily granted. So they could fix this tomorrow." @asharangappa.bsky.social joins @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social in the latest episode of The Illegal News: 717947
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14/01/2026I have never been as supporter of Donald Trump, but if liberal wine moms continue to disobey ICE officers, I will have no choice but to hold my nose and vote for him for the fourth time. 1469166
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14/01/2026BREAKING: Global Economy More Than Just United States. Main Result of US Picking Trade Fights With Everyone At Once is Other Countries Trading Less With America, More With Each Other. U.S. Weaker, China Stronger. 634190
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Chinese exports to the US fell 20%, and China *still* had a record trade surplus. Exports to other parts of the world grew rapidly: +8.4% to EU, +13.4% to southeast Asia. 415835
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/01/2026Craig: "In my district, 2 days ago a special ed teacher pulled into her school parking lot, her windows were smashed, she was taken & detained for 12 hours. I've never seen such an out of control agency. That's why as soon as I leave, I'm joining a group to file articles of impeachment against Noem" 639224637777
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Has any reporter done a deep dive into two of the most powerful people in Washington DC who seem determined not to use that power or even comment on current events? Mike Johnson and John Thune could stop virtually all of the current chaos simply by putting their hands back on the wheel. 1443037684
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Check the tariff shelf. 🤡 @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi... 70675139
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/01/2026"I don't know where security is ... one more question" -- Comer's news conference goes off the rails as he's relentlessly heckled and is unable to do anything about it 2261869412
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialOliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Viewers are rejecting Tony Dokoupil's "CBS Evening News," with the show down 23% in viewers year over year. "CBS isn’t losing the evening news race, they already lost it," one veteran TV exec told me. Another called the debut a "big whiff." More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/tony-dokou...status.newsThe Dokoupil DudDespite wall-to-wall promotion, Tony Dokoupil’s "CBS Evening News" debut has delivered a ratings dud—and perhaps exposed the limits of Bari Weiss' MAGA-ification of the network. 931407267
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialDave Goldberg (he/him) @drdavegoldberg.bsky.social · 04/01/2026I mean, the Post basically volunteered to join the regime before the election. 1743
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Of all the competitive authoritarian developments of the past year I think the fall of CBS News is among the most chilling. That this can happen to easily and so quickly freaks me the fuck out. 673684855
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/01/2026So President Trump seems to think the Govt of Venezuela has already been toppled and in fact the government's foreign minister is touching base with Iran about getting support. 25691186
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Hi All, just sent out my free weekend update. Started with Russian strategy on the ground in 2025. By historical standards its a failure that should lead to defeat. Russian strength is flatlining, its casualties are up, and it took less than 1 percent of Ukraine. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...open.substack.comWeekend Update #166: The Russian Strategy Would Normally Be Seen As A FailureZelensky Chooses Budanov; Putin Says Jump, Trump Says "How High?" 726695
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/01/2026“.. U.S. companies never owned oil or land in Venezuela .. and officials didn’t kick them out of the country. “.. ‘Trump’s claim that Venezuela has stolen oil and land from the U.S. is baseless,’ ..” @washingtonpost.com #OOTT 🇻🇪 www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1... 57938390
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case. 328220007178
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialRyan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 31/12/2025“In the deposition, a confident, candid and straight-to-the-point Smith described in great detail why he believed he had enough evidence to not only try but convict President Donald Trump of conspiracy to obstruct the certification of the electoral votes on Jan. 6…” www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...nbcnews.comHouse Republicans release transcript and video of Jack Smith's closed-door testimony before Judiciary CommitteeThe former special counsel who brought charges against Trump during the Biden administration had wanted to testify in public, but Republicans refused his request. 7313130
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialpreemchoom.bsky.social @preemchoom.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Well they need to remove the word security then. Having Putin's agents record everything for Russia is the mother of being compromised. 0281
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 29/12/2025If only we had this thing called the United States Intelligence Community that could advise the old man. 651531284
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialSFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 29/12/2025"Emerging from this dark period in our history will require a sweeping, comprehensive strategy of repudiation and repair, one that encompasses the substantive, the procedural, and the symbolic." 1643679
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Bibi is right that no POTUS has been as pro (right-wing) Israel as Trump. Apparent in Trump Term 1, when he abandoned bipartisan US policy to move the embassy to Jerusalem and cut funding for an E. Jerusalem hospital, among other things. But American voters didn't think that mattered. Or liked it. 1310528
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/12/2025"Trump will live forever, but only as a cautionary tale, one we tell successive generations to demonstrate that sustaining a democracy against the corrupt and the malevolent requires vigilance and determination." — @paulwaldman.bsky.socialpublicnotice.coWhy every vestige of Trump must be torn downHe's trying to create a physical legacy. The moment he's out of power, it has to be smashed to bits. 22142251015
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/12/2025What is the actual plan for this? AI magically starts producing new industries that don’t exist in the next three months? The unemployed who have never done construction work start doing construction work? Nothing is pointing in this direction, except for elite spending on tennis seats and gambling. 2223608590
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 29/12/2025The Uncommitted folks clearly are busy. 1217023
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Oh well if Putin told him then it must be true 84076991930
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 29/12/2025The President of the United States appears to be getting regular IV infusions, the public doesn’t know anything about it, & the DC media evidently doesn’t care. We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it. 31167201977
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialdavidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 29/12/2025Alternate media is now essential media, because the "mainstream" press is no longer reporting on essential stories, including the rapid decaying of Trump's mind and body.substack.comWe need to be talking about Trump’s healthThe White House is concealing the truth. Reporters need to push harder. 18831212
Reposted by @jjbadjie.bsky.socialdavidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 29/12/2025Crenshaw wants to "make clear" to people whose health care costs are massively increasing because of the GOP that their health care costs .... are not really increasing. He's also making clear that the Moon is made of green cheese. 0164
