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John Lewis-Dickerson

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BS Ga. Tech, JD Mercer U. ■ ''Here is a place of disaffection... Not here the darkness, in this twittering world. Descend lower...'' ~ Burnt Norton, by T. S. Eliot

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John Lewis-Dickerson @jlewisdickerson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@hartmannreport.com Malignant narcissists like Donald Trump are known to be sadistic!
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John Lewis-Dickerson @jlewisdickerson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A "Triumphal Arch" to be built at the entrance to Arlington Memorial Cemetery, where generations of US military servicemen and women are buried, will serve the purpose of staging snipers and drones for "national security," according to President Trump. responsiblestatecraft.org/triumphal-ar...
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Trump's 'me' monument to serve as domestic military staging ground
The president declared on Truth Social that his Triumphal Arch will house snipers and drones for 'national security'
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Berlin 1939—or Washington 2026?
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Talarico thinks we can't trust anything ICE says or does about this shooting. And indeed, the mayor of Austin says the same thing.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sir Lawrence Freedman: We have now reached the point where the Russians have the remaining big cities in view. Because of the reach of Russian glide bombs and drones, evacuation of these has already started. But over the summer, Ukrainian counterattacks halted Russian progress, and in some cases
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Operation Vivaldi and the Battle for Donetsk
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has three distinctive components.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
City officials speaking now www.youtube.com/watch?v=RheQ...
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City officials provide details on North Austin ICE shooting | LIVE
YouTube video by KVUE
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Capriglione is a state legislator and one of the most influential figures in the Texas GOP.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
KVUE: Person injured in shooting involving ICE officers in North Austin, Texas The shooting happened in the 7000 block of West Anderson Lane, near the intersection of Research Boulevard and Anderson Square. Below, a Toyota Corolla that ICE agents find upon. www.kvue.com/article/news...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Austin City Council Member Mike Siegel said he has been briefed with preliminary information and that ICE appears to have shot a man in the back.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ukraine tried out its new ballistic missiles on Moscow today.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 20/09/2026
Tonight, Jewish New Yorkers mark the start of Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. It is the peak of the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe, and an opportunity for profound reflection.
 
For those fasting — tzom kal, may your fast be easy and meaningful. 
 
And to all who observe, G'mar chatimah tovah. May you be sealed in the Book of Life for a good year to come.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Expect the US to accept payment, and then refuse to ship the equipment. That's been a consistent practice for a while now.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Iran-backed proxies in Iraq and Yemen have carried out debilitating strikes on Saudi Arabia's most important oil pipeline, attacked its military bases and energy infrastructure and gained critical territory along the Red Sea. This is all as experts predicted, but Hegseth and Trump are shocked.
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As attacks choke off Saudi oil, kingdom confronts limits of Trump’s friendship
Riyadh is paying a steep price for the Iran war. Help from Washington remains circumscribed.
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John Lewis-Dickerson @jlewisdickerson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Israeli Pres. Herzog has pardoned former Israeli soldier Elor Azaria, who was convicted of manslaughter for shooting a wounded Palestinian man in Hebron in 2016... Azaria's pardon comes 10 years after he shot 21-year-old Abdel Fattah al-Sharif in the head... www.middleeasteye.net/news/israels...
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Israeli president pardons soldier convicted for killing wounded Palestinian
Azaria was convicted of manslaughter after shooting Abdel Fattah al-Sharif as he lay wounded on a Hebron street in 2016
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John Lewis-Dickerson @jlewisdickerson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A few years ago, 90% of Kraft’s obit would have been about owning the NFL’s greatest dynasty. By now, quotes from players have been cut to make room for the FL hand job excursion, the Epstein lawyer who made it go away, and his extortion of an Ivy League university. www.juancole.com/2026/09/sile...
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Silencing Macklemore and the Gaza Genocide: Robert Kraft's Failure to Manufacture Consent
Robert Kraft's hypocrisy is obvious, but it doesn't matter when you're a billionaire activist owner used to getting what you want, which includes having Macklemore booted from a concert at his s...
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John Lewis-Dickerson @jlewisdickerson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
■ GIFT ARTICLE ■ The White House has begun drafting a new executive order that could further cement President Trump’s control over billions of dollars in scientific grants and expand the administration’s pressure campaign against elite universities. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...
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White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The new Lysenkoism is here. Trump and his cronies will now test all scientific research grants to ensure that the research proves Trump Thought in all respects.
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White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 20/09/2026
An ICE agent shot and wounded a person Sunday in North Austin, according to three state and local officials.
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ICE agent shoots and wounds person in North Austin, officials say
An ICE agent shot and wounded a person Sunday in North Austin, according to three state and local officials.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Zuckerberg orders destruction of evidence of ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the West Bank. Instagram removed images and videos showing Palestinian civilians killed or injured in Israeli attacks, claiming they broke Zuckerberg's rules against “violence and incitement” rules.
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Echoicide: Who decides which truths survive in Gaza?
From Gaza to the digital age, visibility has become one of the central political struggles of modern conflicts.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Gorka Sebestyén Lukács is a Hungarian who was raised in the UK and holds a UK passport. No sure exactly how he got his hands on a US passport, but he did at some point.
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John Lewis-Dickerson @jlewisdickerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
■■■ GIFT ARTICLE ■■■ In private conversations with advisers, Trump has signaled that he understands his decisions on the war have contributed to the poor political environment his party faces—making the president more intent on helping Republicans mitigate the expected losses. wapo.st/4AkldKx
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Behind Trump’s public confidence, his private view of midterms is sobering
In private, the president has been hearing blunt news from advisers about the GOP’s poor chances in the midterms and has accepted that some of the problem is of his making.
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John Lewis-Dickerson @jlewisdickerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
■ GIFT ARTICLE ■ President Donald Trump on Sunday said his proposed 250-foot triumphal arch will now be a “top grade” military complex that will house drones, snipers and ammunition, in a social media post that raised new questions about the controversial project. wapo.st/4hojaMW
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Trump says planned 250-foot arch will be ‘military complex’ for drones, snipers
The president’s post about the 250-foot arch planned near Arlington National Cemetery comes as veterans groups, historic preservationists and others attempt to stop the project.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
SCOTUS has taught Trump that as long as be builds a national security pretense into what he is building, he can build whatever he likes. And he's taking this to comical extremes, like with his Albert Speer-designed arch. www.ft.com/content/33b3...
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Trump says 250ft arch will be ‘military complex’ with drones and snipers
President claims national security justification for controversial Washington monument
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The financial position of the tech bros is far more perilous than first meets the eye, and that's because of massive risk taking linked to AI. The tech bros are rapidly expanding their use of guarantees to back debt for AI data centres, issuing up to $300bn in commitments in less than a year while
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Big Tech uses guarantees to keep $300bn of AI exposure off balance sheets
Wall Street finds new way to turn tech giants’ credit strength into cheaper funding for AI build-out
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
An investigation reveals that Sen Roger Marshall (R-KS), now seeking reelection to the US Senate, actually resides in Sarasota, FL, returning only infrequently to Kansas to campaign. He is one of four Republican senators/candidates for senate who actually reside in the Sunshine state.
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US Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home • Kansas Reflector
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall established deeper roots than previously disclosed in Sarasota, Florida, where he had a vacation home that he traveled to on official business and said he used for visiting fa...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Notice how in the US, focused discussion of policy questions can never be sustained as media moves very quickly to convert everything into a pageant of personalities. www.ft.com/content/9071...
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Jon Ossoff’s Georgia race stirs talk of 2028 US presidential audition
Democrat’s media-savvy attacks on ‘crook president’ give him lead in state’s pivotal Senate election along with national attention
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Age of Bessent: Chronic Deficits, Massive Borrowing. Wall Street banks are expecting the US to borrow up to $1tn over the next year by selling short-term Treasury bills as part of a growing dependence on quick-maturing debt that leaves Washington vulnerable to rising interest rates. The US will
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Wall Street expects US to issue about $1tn of short-term debt as borrowing costs climb
Growing reliance on Treasury bills comes as Scott Bessent seeks to curb rise in long-term rates
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just read this Murdoch-financed story that @markjacob.bsky.social pointed out. It’s filled with neighborhood-destroying stuff like … um … this
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Justin Tye points to a sign barring semi trucks from his neighborhood, as semi truck sits on the property of the Al-Ishaan Islamic Center behind it. (Peter D'Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Maddow INSTANTLY REACTS to Trump banning MS NOW from WH
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Delusions of grandeur are fixed, false beliefs that you possess exceptional power, wealth, talent, fame, or a unique divine connection that defies reality and logic.
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
More informative headine: Trump Proposes to Turn Structure Next to Arlington National Cemetery Into a Military Object an Enemy Could Lawfully Target. (yeah, great idea) @justsecurity.org www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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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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John Lewis-Dickerson @jlewisdickerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
GIFT ARTICLE The village’s founder and frontman isn’t the typical nonprofit executive or government official. It’s the Hollywood star Christian Bale, who has spent 18 years planning and helped to raise $22 million for his passion project. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/r...
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Christian Bale Built a Foster Care Village in the California Desert (Gift Article)
The actor has been working for almost two decades to build a foster care nonprofit outside Los Angeles.
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John Lewis-Dickerson @jlewisdickerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
GIFT ARTICLE President Trump has called the $400 million super PAC run by his political advisers “my money that I control.” A campaign watchdog group filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission this week, claiming the arrangement is illegal... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...
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‘My Money:’ Trump’s Claim That He Controls MAGA Super PAC Draws Watchdog Complaint (Gift Article)
Federal law bars those holding federal office from directing spending decisions for a political organization with no contribution limits.
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John Lewis-Dickerson @jlewisdickerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
President Trump said on Sunday his planned 250-foot triumphal arch in Washington would be built to host “large numbers of drones,” snipers and ammunition, as the administration appeared prepared to justify another construction project by citing national security... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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Trump Says His D.C. Arch Would Be a ‘Military Complex’ Housing Drones and Snipers (Gift Article)
The president’s announcement on Sunday echoed his justification for the White House ballroom: that the project was necessary for national security.
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John Lewis-Dickerson @jlewisdickerson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A storm brought down a 5-foot piece of ceiling plaster at the Kennedy Center this month, and its leadership sprang into action. One thing they did not do was repair the damage. Instead, staff members left the mess on the carpet for nearly two weeks, posting photos... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There is only one problem afflicting the Kennedy Center: a psychopath named Donald Trump.
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Anne Applebaum: Putin Played Jared Kushner “Like a Fiddle” A tour de force discussion on Putin's statecraft
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Anne Applebaum: Putin Played Jared Kushner “Like a Fiddle”
In Greenland, the Trump administration has got tech bros and hedge fund guys running an influence operation there.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The US is preparing a large-scale military operation against Yemen's Houthis in retaliation for their strikes on Saudi Arabia, with the Camp David meeting held to review Yemen strike options, shortly before Trump left for the White House www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huz4...
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US Iran War LIVE | Iran Rains Hell On U.S. Bases In Gulf, Trump Orders Big Retaliation | N18G
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
While Trump focuses on oil, the strait remains shuttered to other commodities. Businesses have for months been incurring huge costs to circumvent what has become the main battleground in the US’s war with Iran.As well as supplying much of the world’s oil, the Gulf is also a key supplier of liquefied
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The Gulf cargo trade that vanished
The Strait of Hormuz was a transit hub for goods from helium to corn. Businesses have battled to find alternative routes
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Israel kickstarted Russia's entire drone effort and have been the unseen force behind Russian attacks on Ukraine, together with Iran and N Korea. This explains Netanyahu's ostentatious friendship with Putin and his disdain for Ukraine. Israel sold $400 million worth of military drones to Russia.
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Israel signs $400 million deal to sell spy drones to Russia
The sale of unmanned aerial vehicles helps improve Israel's ties with Russia, an important country in international efforts to contain Iran's nuclear program.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Extrajudicial execution of a Palestinian by an IDF soldier is not a crime says Israeli president Herzog, issuing a pardon following his conviction.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/09/2026
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Complaint Filed With House Ethics Committee Alleges Boebert Slept With Three of Her Congressional Staffers
A sworn ethics complaint filed yesterday with the U.S. House Committee on Ethics alleges that Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) engaged in sexual relationships with three House employees under her direct...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/09/2026
“Go to church. Find Jesus. Why is everyone so horny here?” Lauren Boebert The timing of this clip aged like milk in the hot desert sun. 📌 The Colorado Times Recorder reports that a sworn complaint alleges she had sexual relationships with 3 employees she supervised, and only one of them was a man.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 20/09/2026
if you’re going to invite proven liars on your program this is the only way to handle it just call them out in real time for their bullshit if you’re not prepared to do this then you’re not prepared to have them on
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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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/09/2026
"The appearance of it is really bad" -- GOP Sen. Cassidy on a Putin crony paying for Don Jr's wedding
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Fox is reporting on a threat to exterminate a country like it’s fucking horserace coverage
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Credit to Jon Karl for fact checking Steve Scalise on this 'but Biden took 400 press credentials' bullsh*t. This is MAGA's big talking point on Trump's disgraceful press lockout and it's a lie.
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John Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Also notable here: Scalise is using Trump's appearance at the White House Correspondents Dinner as evidence to claim that Trump is a fan of the press. The people who organized the dinner are being used exactly as predicted.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/09/2026
"The president said the US is in constant communication with the Houthis, and that they've agreed not to fight the US. But the big headline here is the president said the Iranians better behave, and he's making a decision as to whether or not to blow up their nation."
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