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“I would ask you to give it serious consideration and put paychecks over politics in this,” developer Josh Abbotoy told the board. Josh Abbotoy is a lunatic who wants take over small towns and turn them into weirdo right-wing christan enclaves. fuck him www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

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Proposed drone manufacturing facility sparks intense backlash in tiny Tennessee town

For almost two years, some residents in Jackson County have been resisting what they view as a far-right takeover of their community.

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 11h

This is true! We talk about it on the episode. Around 5 cases of bubonic plague in the U.S. every year

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 11h

if you weren't there with us live, check out the replay!

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 11h

Someone in Russia died allegedly from THE PLAGUE, allegedly. How does that happen in 2027? @joshkovensky.bsky.social and I spoke to mathematical biologist Dr. Alex Washburne to find out if we should be worried about plague and how people are getting plague. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDEe...

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

the Free Press depravity has no bottom. Aside from the vile premise, this is the sort of thing they spend money on to boost? What a disgusting publication

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We're doing a special October-only, Youtube-only version of our podcast for the next four weeks where we answer all your questions about different races around the country, how polls work, whether they work and more. First ep from @kateriga.bsky.social and I will be out on YT this afternoon.

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Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

‼️💻📺 Looking for the weirdest, worst, most bizarre, funniest 2026 campaign ads! Have already come across some doozies, but if there's a local ad that's been driving you nuts or amusing you, send it to allegra@talkingpointsmemo.com or thread it here! 📺💻‼️

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 06/10/2026

We're launching a special limited-run version of the TPM Show With Josh and Kate ahead of the midterms. Introducing: the Polltober Show. Send us all your pressing questions about specific races, candidates, chamber control, the courts, the polls, whatever! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/were-...

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We’re Launching a Special New YouTube Series Around the Midterms!

You have questions, we have answers. Since TPM readers are as obsessed...

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Layla A. Jones @laylaayanna.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

First there was "the negro problem." Now racists are trying to coin a new version: "the Indian question." one of endless examples of why solidarity among Black people and other people of color, along with any socially vulnerable group, would benefit everyone.

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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing

To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Why would you hire someone who doesn't know anything about running magazines to run a magazine business? The mythical notion that there are people who are "just good at business" as if that is a thing. It's not. it's a bunch of bullshit we've accepted for way too long.

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This guy is a good example of why we should abolish the MBA. Here's a guy who graduated "with distinction" from Tuck School of Business and has spent his career just collecting checks while Condè Nast. He should have never been hired. He never knew what he was doing. nypost.com/2026/09/30/b...

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Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch stepping down, will now lead Mattel: ‘looking for an exit’

Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch announced Wednesday that he is stepping down after more than seven years on the job to join Mattel as its new chief executive.

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Finally, Toy Story 5 hit streaming recently. Jackie and I have thoughts. Anyway hope you like the ep! Like and subscribe to the YouTube channel!

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Why were we talking about Disney? Jackie and I are both sort of interested observers of Disney's place in American culture. It's kind of a 1-of-1 institution. But there were some recent developments that form a kind of episode syllabus: First up, we discuss this www.sfgate.com/disneyland/a...

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The Disney adult is a made-up problem

Contributing editor Julie Tremaine on why it's time to drop a stigmatized term.

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Joe Ragazzo @jragazzo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This week @xjaywillie.bsky.social filled in for @joshkovensky.bsky.social and we talked about a little thing called Walt Disney. * Disney Adults * Bob Chapek v Bob Iger * Toy Story 5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB1n...

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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The DOJ is reviewing "whether the special prosecutor’s office that investigated the famed Watergate break-in committed misconduct, according to people familiar with the matter, more than half a century after that scandal led to Nixon’s resignation."

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Exclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal

A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.

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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Under the pretext of an ethics complaint against all but one of the active federal judges in Minnesota, Todd Blanche signaled yesterday that not only will the Trump admin keep running roughshod over the judiciary but that judges had better shut up about it. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

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Trump DOJ Doubles Down on Attacking Judges

Blanche Targets Minnesota Judges Under the pretext of an ethics complaint against...

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Emine Yücel @emineirmakyucel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My latest: Following Wednesday's failed bid by Senate Dems to block Trump's pocket rescission, Trump WH, once again, trampled over Congress’ power of the purse. Several experts point out their use of the “pocket rescissions” loophole is more an admission of guilt than a clever trick.

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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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