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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What do Nick Shirley, Nick Sortor, Cam Higby, Katie Daviscourt, Savanah Hernandez, and Tyler Oliveira have in common? They make clickbait in service of, and sometimes collaboration with, the Trump Admin. Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/59Tb...

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144: Content Creators for the Authoritarian State feat. Josh Kovensky

Podcast Episode · Posting Through It · September 28 · 1h 12m

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

literally my whole life i thought bebop and rocksteady were in the 2nd ninja turtles movie and i just realized it's not them, it's these two bebop and rocksteady knockoffs. Life is a lie.

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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Greg Bovino is at the New York Young Republican Club in Manhattan tonight. He describes one of the city operations last year as “the most violent law enforcement mission in American history”

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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I asked Greg Bovino about the killing of Alex Pretti yesterday. He blamed a "light touch" towards "anarchists and rioters" in Minneapolis that allowed "lawlessness" to "fester" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...

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In New York, Greg Bovino Says DHS’ ‘Light Touch’ Allowed Minneapolis ‘Lawlessness’

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Greg Bovino knows Minneapolis is a problem. The...

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The IX Sports @theixsports.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Why is the American right obsessed with the WNBA? This week on the pod @classicjpow.bsky.social and @howardmegdal.bsky.social are joined by @kateriga.bsky.social to discuss why the American right has latched on to women's sports before the 2026 midterms. www.theixsports.com/features/ix-...

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Why is the American right obsessed with the WNBA? | The IX Basketball

This week our hosts are joined by Kate Riga from Talking Points Memo to discuss how the right has latched on to the WNBA as a wedge issue.

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 18/09/2026

TPM's de facto sports correspondent @kateriga.bsky.social joined @theixsports.bsky.social to talk about how the right's WNBA fixation fits into their Christian nationalist worldview and focus on traditional gender roles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UU7...

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Why is the American Right sooooo focused on the WNBA?

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Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“I’m not going to platform nonsense,” Newberry, FL mayor + Marshall Rawson endorser told @letsgomathias.bsky.social. "You don’t matter. I don’t matter. The voters do." Another endorser, Fort White's mayor, said “I personally hope he does win the election here” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/marshal...

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We Asked 28 GOP Officials If They’d Denounce the GOP Nominee Who Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville

This week I asked 28 current and former Republican Party officials in...

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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

BY THE NUMBERS... 28: How many Florida GOP elected @letsgomathias.bsky.social contacted about Marshall Rawson, a GOP nom for state rep who marched in Cville 22: How many of those 28 had endorsed Rawson 3: How many responded 0: How many renounced Rawson. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/marshal...

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We Asked 28 GOP Officials If They’d Denounce the GOP Nominee Who Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville

This week I asked 28 current and former Republican Party officials in...

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New for @talkingpointsmemo.com: Marshall Rawson, GOP nominee for Florida legislature, marched w/ Nazis in Charlottesville, condoned slavery, & called for execution of gay people. Does GOP even care? Is there a limit to MAGA's "never punch right" ethos? talkingpointsmemo.com?p=1558029&pr...

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We Asked 28 GOP Officials If They’d Denounce the GOP Nominee Who Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville

This week I asked 28 current and former Republican Party officials in...

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This morning, Rawson posted a photo of himself w/ members of the University of Florida College Republicans. The group was reinstated by university only few days ago. It was disbanded in March... after two members were photographed performing Nazi salutes. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/marshal...

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Layla A. Jones @laylaayanna.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Federal Reserve voted unanimously to raise interest rates for the first time since 2023, even after Trump has continued attacking the the central bank's independence and threatened to stop trade if the Fed didn't lower rates. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...

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Trump’s Threats to Stop Trade Couldn’t Keep the Fed from Hiking Interest Rates

The Federal Reserve opted to raise interest rates by one-quarter of a...

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Check this out if you didn't catch us live!

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Rawson has responded to my @talkingpointsmemo.com story. He neither denies or apologizes for: -condoning slavery -calling for gay people to be executed -advocating lynching -marching w/ Nazis in Charlottesville -his involvement w/ League of the South, a neo-Confederate/southern secessionist group

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There’s some weird idea that the alt-right disappeared after Charlottesville, but if that was the case, why do guys like this keep running for office?

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Also: I'm very excited for this to be my first investigation for @talkingpointsmemo.com, which has always done some of the best reporting on the far right. My first official day as a TPM reporter is tomorrow. Subscribe and support. We're gonna be doing some good work. talkingpointsmemo.com

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Credit to @talkingpointsmemo.com for covering the GOP neo- nazi problem. Still waiting for msm to step up.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

As I was saying . . . bsky.app/profile/lets...

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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 14/09/2026

Hellava story!!!

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NEW: @talkingpointsmemo.com can reveal GOP nominee for Florida legislature: -marched at deadly Charlottesville Nazi rally w/ white supremacist group's flag -has *many* white supremacist donors -appears to advocate lynching He is expected to win Nov. election talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...

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Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.

The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 14/09/2026

The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives marched alongside neo-Nazis at the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a new Talking Points Memo investigation can reveal.

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Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.

The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

No guest this week, just Josh K and I chopping it up. Josh asked me an interesting question: Why do I think Ohio always seems to be the stand-in New Yorkers use to refer to kind of annoying transplants? I give my take. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2B2...

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Grab Bag | TPM Social Club

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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Watch this episode @jragazzo.bsky.social and I did on the Catholic Church and the American right with @massimofaggioli.bsky.social It helped me answer a lot of questions I had about what the religious right in the US looks like, and why www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSUU...

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Our Roman Empire | TPM Social Club

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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

thanks ! I really enjoyed recording this

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This week @joshkovensky.bsky.social and I spoke with @massimofaggioli.bsky.social, a professor of historical theology at Villanova and author of Leo XIV and the Global Church. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSUU...

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Our Roman Empire | TPM Social Club

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Dr. David Kyle Johnson joined @joshkovensky.bsky.social to help us answer a question I think about literally everyday: What is the role for the professional philosopher in 2026? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACT_...

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What Are The Philosophers Up To? | TPM Social Club

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 26/08/2026

as ever it is extremely puzzling to me when occasionally "libs have no theory of power" gets thrown around, given that power is perhaps the thing i think about most

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Had an awesome conversation with @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com and ofc @joshkovensky.bsky.social about Prairieland. There are, imo, a lot of difficult and important questions around activism. We get into many of them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhqS...

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How a Texas Protest Ended in Disaster | TPM Social Club

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

An X account seemingly belonging to a Michigan House candidate posted 13 different messages claiming to have been “awakened at 4:30 AM with a message from God for Dan Bongino.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...

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EXCLUSIVE: He Accidentally Won a Michigan House Primary. He Also Attended the Jan 6 Protest.

Tom Smith sort of stumbled into the Republican nomination in his Michigan...

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Some personal news! So thrilled and honored to be joining TPM as a reporter. Can't wait to get to work.

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Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I’ve followed @letsgomathias.bsky.social's work since I was covering extremism for TPM back in 2016. He’s one of the best reporters covering the right and we’re so excited to get to work with him! talkingpointsmemo.com/the-brief/bi...

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

almost that time of the year when i buy 900 tracksuits

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Thanks to everyone who helped us hit our Journalism Fund goal @talkingpointsmemo.com

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In this ep, my colleague @dirm.bsky.social and I talk about what it's like to be someone who loves sports. When ask "Are sports getting worse?" we're taking a broad view: What it's it like as a sports fan? What's going on in youth sports? Sports media? There's so much ground to cover.

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It is an insane thing to have a child via IVF and then watch a bunch of people who don't know what they are talking about comment on egg freezing or IVF or any of the related concepts. People really just talk out of their ass about anything.

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Syndicated BK is always showing Mamma Mia!, like every month some entity "Taste of Streep" seems to buy out the theater and play Mamma Mia like 4 times. I don't understand it but I respect it

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I never know what David Barth is talking about! But that is ok it's fun!

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I'm 38 married with kids and i have a very healthy 401(k)! My life is incredibly good! I hope you are has happy as I am one day David Barth!

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

5k is a thing of the past. We're on to 10k.

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dirm.bsky.social @dirm.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

In this week's issue of The Weekender, don't miss @jragazzo.bsky.social's provocative claim that the MBA is a failed idea and it's time to get rid of it. It's got @talkingpointsmemo.com comment section more excited than I've seen in awhile! talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekende...

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squirrel @jwbates.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

can’t disagree with a word of this essay by @jragazzo.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekender…

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