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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11h

a big part of ossoff's rhetorical success is it doesnt contain the compromise and caveats that are a baked-in part of democratic party rhetoric. theres no pretending that his opponent is just misguided or will be pulled back from the edge by "the good republicans." ossoff is saying "fuck this guy"

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jptruss.bsky.social @jptruss.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I hope everyone enjoyed all of the breakout original hit movies this year. We are not going to see that sort of thing again for a while.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 05/10/2026

The Trump administration’s handling of Houthi militias presaged in 2025 many of its failures in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz a year later. trib.al/ROVKZL0

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Trump Had a Practice Run for Iran. He Messed It Up Too.

The Trump administration’s handling of Houthi militias presaged in 2025 many of its failures in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz a year later.

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jptruss.bsky.social @jptruss.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I get the immediate reaction to the President of the United States being a vulgar jackass. But...look at him. He's barely coherent, physically and mental declining, and reduced to playing the hits for a crowd too stupid to care...and he knows it. It's the last place he wants to be. It's pitiful.

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Jeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Do you know how much of a doofus you have to be to get thoroughly destroyed by JRM?

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jptruss.bsky.social @jptruss.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is why they have to try and keep young women out of college, keep them from leaving their birth states and try and get them to have as many kids as they can 'before they are ready, by the way. All of the reports of the Right 'outbreeding' the Left are unfounded.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

was discussing this at dinner last night: one of the many problems with trying to make policy 'that the American public wants' is that the American public change their minds all the time and are frequently very very stupid.

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The Capybaron @thecapybaron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Again, much of Pete Hegseth’s deal is the only skill his job demanded for a long time was keeping a trim figure to be conventionally pretty for stay-at-home moms watching daytime tv. His job was “be pretty,” but he knows that’s a girl job, so he’s deeply insecure and is trying to make it a boy job.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My greatest frustrating has been with policy wonks who persist in thinking we can just keep doing normal policy analysis ("calling balls and strikes") in this situation. The President of the United States is both lawless and out of his mind. That preempts all normal discussion.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

Eugenics 🤝 ai www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...

One of the things that is going to change is that we’re never ever again going to be able to be dominated by public officials who tell us, ‘Trust the experts,’” Mr. Kennedy said during the Tuesday session.

“If somebody tells you, ‘Masks work, trust the experts,’ A.I. may tell you otherwise,” he added. “If somebody tells you, ‘Social distancing works, trust the experts,’ A.I. may correct that. And if somebody tells you that a vaccine will prevent transmission and infection, or you need to take it to protect your grandmother, A.I. may say it actually doesn’t do that.”

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 28/09/2026

The GOP is an opposition party even when it's in power, the idea that they are the perpetual underdog is central to their internal mythology and can't be disturbed by facts or the results of elections. It's also why they're bad at, you know, governing.

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jptruss.bsky.social @jptruss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So what? Even if the deal isn't cancelled in the middle of development, the best-case scenario is we're talking about a project that won't come online for another five years minimum: realistically ten. What does potential steel production in 2036 mean for prices in 2026?

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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It is, strangely, an anti-patriarchy. No elders would ever choose these men to succeed them. They are a postmodern accident in ill-fitting suits

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/09/2026

Our Life After Roe package, appearing this week, looks at the surprising resilience of the abortion access movement—and the hardliners doubling down on their efforts to ban abortion nationwide. First up: Kristan Hawkins, who helped kill Roe, as she fights to control the movement she created.

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Kristan Hawkins helped kill Roe. Now she's fighting to control the movement she created.

How the Charlie Kirk of abortion moved from the fringes to the mainstream.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026

Araghchi, Iranian foreign minister, explains why US is untrustworthy: "In 2025 they offered negotiations, we accepted, then in the middle of negotiations they attacked us. Eight months later, again they offered negotiations, again we accepted, & again they attacked us in the middle of negotiations"

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jptruss.bsky.social @jptruss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I am eagerly awaiting next year when the older generation of reactionaries realize screaming 'Marxism' isn't scaring anyone and most people actually wants their tax dollars to do things other than military projects and corporate welfare. It's going to be a gas.

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jptruss.bsky.social @jptruss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The pro-business party ran by the businessman has no idea how a fucking BUSINESS works.

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Sysfin @sysfin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We gotta ban the whole damn industry.

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

tech ceos are openly salivating about the idea of kids losing basic literacy and numeracy. this tells you pretty much all you need to know

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Matthew Buckley @physicsmatt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It continues to be mind-boggling to me that, to first approximation, everyone in positions of power and influence in America are basing their entire worldview on various pieces of popular fiction. And not even like The Wire; instead we get governance via 24, or Terminator, or Harry fucking Potter.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A university doing a special Chris Rufo program, expecting success under the belief there’s widespread public craving for ideological anti-woke “education” to counter all the “Marxism,” then when it turns out virtually no students are interested trying to make it mandatory, didn’t work out? Huh.

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Jack @jtenroon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is frying me

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

70% of Americans say more Americans working in factories would be better for America 33% actually say they'd be better off working in a factory

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jptruss.bsky.social @jptruss.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

When this is all over, we really have to reckon with the fact that much of reactionary politics is just a fucked-up section of the country upset the other half took the 'fun' out of their kinks.

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Dr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

As a former megachurch youth pastor I can tell you that Hegseth is running the military like a megachurch youth pastor, which as a former megachurch youth pastor I can tell you is a bad idea.

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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Carney telling the European Parliament that what's needed is an alliance - his word, repeated - where nobody gets to tell the EU and Canada what to do. Good *LORD*. And met with a standing ovation. Well, that's that for the previously-existing form of Atlanticism, then.

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

NEW: Pope Leo XIV’s brother, John, told Italian media that the pope helped him file his tax return and, over a video call, got him back into a computer he had locked himself out of. Prevost propped his iPad on the dead machine and asked his brother what to do. “Because I’m computer illiterate.”

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Pope Leo XIV Does Tech Support and Tax Prep for His Brother in Suburban Chicago

John Prevost locked himself out of a new computer, propped his iPad on top of it, and called the Vatican. Then he told Italian TV what makes him proudest of his brother: “He hasn’t collapsed yet.”

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jptruss.bsky.social @jptruss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Impeaching Hegseth is the second order of business for the next Congress. They have the votes.

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jptruss.bsky.social @jptruss.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

First order of business for the next Congress: subpoena this man’s hard drive.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 15/09/2026

"Hello, this is your kid’s school calling. So, your kid said her daddy dropped her off today. I could still see him if I stepped outside, but I know it’s much more convenient for you to take this call. Your kid was let out three minutes too early. Can you let your husband know?" buff.ly/Z514go7

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This Is Your Kid’s School and Even Though the Emergency Contact Form Lists Your Husband, We Need You, the Mom

“Hello, this is your kid’s school calling. So, your kid said her daddy dropped her off today. I could still see him if I stepped outside, but I know it’s muc...

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jptruss.bsky.social @jptruss.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you thought the public was ticked off about data centers before, hold on to your butts

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jptruss.bsky.social @jptruss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Apparently President Grandpa has forgotten what a cover story is.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 14/09/2026

lotta people focusing too much on “will Dems blow the Michigan senate race” and not enough on “things are about to Get Weird in places we don’t normally think about”

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 13/09/2026

My two favorite photos of Trump's trip to Ireland, where he seems not to have gotten his ass kissed like he expected.

Trump sitting with Irish President Catherine Connolly looking beaten down and haggard. She is smiling winsomely

Trump leaving his meeting with Irish President Catherine Connolly, looking even more beaten down. He's wearing the face he wore after meeting privately with Putin in Helsinki. Putin smiled broadly after that meeting. Connolly is smiling too.

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