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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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The U.S. Passport Gets a Trump Makeover
The passport is the latest national treasure to get a makeover from Trump.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/b...
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America’s Favorite Fruit Is Being Bruised by the Iran War (Gift Article)
The journey of one banana from farm to store shows how the war’s economic effects have cascaded into some surprising industries.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin
The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/o...
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Opinion | Not So Supreme, Mr. Roberts
Courting authoritarianism with a rapacious Trump.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database
As part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million to create what amounts to a federal voter database.
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🍏 Vladimir Kara-Murza @vkaramurza.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
You just can’t make this up. After removing the only anti-war party (Yabloko) from the ballot, Putin says the September elections will demonstrate public support for his war in Ukraine.
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Putin spoke at the second stage of the United Russia congress. The main thing
On August 22, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the second stage of the XXIII Congress of the United Russia Party (EP). The Head of State touched upon the topics of the upcoming elections, th...
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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How to Lose a Trade War
Trump’s bullying of Canada is failing.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“Catharine O’Neill Gillihan [is] the founder and chief executive officer of Meriwether Farms..Catharine joined the Trump Campaign in 2016, and served at both the US Department of State and US Agency for International Development for the entirety of President Trump’s first term”
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/08/2026
A SLAP IN THE FACE. Trump wasn’t concerned about sailors aboard the USS Lincoln being pushed to the breaking point. He denied their suffering. Now the Navy might replace Black war hero Doris “Dorie” Miller’s name on a carrier with Trump’s. Trump wants the honor without honoring those who serve.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Thank You for Your Inattention to This Matter
The good news is that the world has stopped responding breathlessly to Donald Trump’s every empty provocation. That’s also the bad news.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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At Long Last, Americans Are Starting to See the Truth About the GOP
A businessman can set this country right. Republicans are better for the economy. Republicans love the military. Lie, lie, and lie.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Here @paulwaldman.bsky.social nails it on why Dems should target Natalie Harp. The MAGA-GOP freakout "shows that you’ve struck a nerve. Dems should think about what other nerves they want to strike." On the pod, Paul is just excellent on all this: newrepublic.com/article/2144...
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 19/08/2026
incidentally this demonstrates the importance of the classic Republican tactic of flinging shit at the wall to see what sticks. you never know what kind of sore spot you might hit, particularly with this crew of degenerate psychopaths
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Opinion | Trump’s Lust for Vengeance Is Turning Into a Farce
Revenge shapes the president’s priorities, drives his actions and structures the decisions of his government.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18/08/2026
"The purpose of Ulchi Freedom Shield isn’t to make Kim Jong Un comfortable; it is to convince him that starting a war would be a catastrophic mistake." The American president *really should* want to convince him of that.
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Canceling Military Exercises Hurts Us, Not Our Enemies
Will U.S. forces in South Korea still be ready to ‘fight tonight’?
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 18/08/2026
NEW: The DOJ announced it will deploy 1k election monitors to the polls for the midterms. At one level, this can be explained as a diversion from the narrative that Trump is losing. But to dismiss it as a PR stunt ignores how it fits into his broader plan to subvert elections, Marc Elias writes.
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DOJ is 0-23 in court, so now it’s sending 1,000 monitors to the polls
Donald Trump's Justice Department took a major step toward subverting elections this fall.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Democrats, spend half the time attacking him as you do the DSA. He's despicable, and Trump just endorsed him. www.tmz.com/2026/08/18/r...
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Rep. Randy Fine Won't Face Charges Over Mailbox Video, Police Say
Rep. Randy Fine's bizarre mailbox snooping prompted a call to police ... but the Florida homeowner decided she didn't want to press charges.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Opinion | What That $20 Burrito Says About the Psychology of Inflation
It’s the psychology of inflation that sparks outrage over a $20 burrito.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Seriously, this shows where the Administration’s priorities lie ….
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Trump has never really understood the Streisand Effect
Sarah Longwell: Keep talking about Ossoff. He will cash the checks of the attention economy all day long.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“It’s remarkable that all Ossoff had to do was say Natalie Harp’s name and Republicans immediately lost their minds.”
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Why Is It So Hard to Build a Transformer?
Transformers are the linchpin of modern civilization. A single one can take five years to build.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Not sure how two more years of this is going to leave us in a good place.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Trump Will Make South Korea Pay for His Iran Humiliation
His rage is driving him to make irrational policy choices.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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Trump’s Last Loyal Constituency
The administration delivers a win for financial crooks at the expense of honest businesses.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Opinion | Trump Is Trapped in a Maelstrom of His Own Making
The president’s zero-sum mind-set is turning us all into losers.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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What Does the Humbling of Leopold Aschenbrenner Mean for the A.I. Bubble?
The troubles of a twenty-four-year-old hedge-fund manager highlight some larger questions about the tech-driven stock boom.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Trump’s Reflecting Pool Fiasco Is About to Get Even Worse for Him
The David Hearn affair isn’t over. Far from it. Jamie Raskin is launching an investigation, and Hearn’s legal team will pursue remedies.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Lifelong Republican now regrets voting for Trump after ICE grabbed his Venezuelan immigrant fiancé. They only care when it happens to them.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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The Press Democrat @pressdemo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
For months, the Trump administration has sought to open the California coast to a radically industrialized future: large-scale desalination plants, floating nuclear reactors, more rocket launches and expanded offshore oil drilling along the…
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Trump is attacking California’s ability to protect its coastline. The consequences are ‘chilling’
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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The New Fed Chair Needs to Prove His Independence from Donald Trump
Kevin Warsh, the current Fed chair, has only been in office since May, but he’s already under fire.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Trump never warmed to Ukraine, he never changed his mind about helping Ukraine, he was not on the verge of letting them have Patriot license. It was all a myth to help Putin and hurt Ukraine. You need to understand that to make sense of the last 18 months.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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Trump’s Irrationality Is Dangerous
The president’s recent rant is a sign of serious dysfunction in the Oval Office.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The Once-Shameless President Is Deeply Embarrassed
As Donald Trump faces one humiliation after another, he is attacking those he blames.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Beavers are the best. The music added to this reel makes it even better.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
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Opinion | The War That Could Swallow the World (Gift Article)
Whatever is happening in Iran, it isn’t working.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/08/2026
Hoo boy. This is getting ugly. And somehow even more embarrassing. Trump Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is now publicly feuding with Trump’s own Justice Department to keep alive the lies that an innocent former Olympian vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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We’ve Officially Entered the Twilight of Late-Stage Trumpism
It’s all there in a new CNN poll, and it’s heartening to see: Large majorities are sick of Donald Trump’s vanity, venality, and megalomania.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Marco Rubio is against birthright citizenship. But Marco Rubio *is* a birthright citizen. Ted Cruz is against birthright citizenship. But Ted Cruz was born in Canada. He only got US citizenship by a birthright citizenship law because of his US mother. They are both shameless hypocrites.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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The Fear of Black Greeks
White people don’t own the accomplishments of ancient Greece.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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The War Is Lost. Now Fix What It Broke.
America has to rethink how it moves resources, fights wars, and deters adversaries.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
the third in a week. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Man killed by truck as he fled immigration agents in St. Augustine
Third ICE-involved death in a week confirmed after fatal St. Augustine crash. National outrage grows over enforcement and deaths
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Any network broadcasting Trump’s “speech” Thurs night must say this before he speaks: “The President of the United States is about to lie to you. You are about to hear a bunch of lies. Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Anything he says to the contrary is a lie.”
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Generative AI Is an Engineering Disaster
A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Iran, Not Trump, Is in Control of This War
The cease-fire was always just a Trump fantasy.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/06/2026
Now Trump is trying to pretend his giveaways to Iran are going to help American truckers in addition to farmers. This fraud could not be dumber. With a b.
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Kent Savage @kents50.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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The 13 Steps of a Trump Fiasco
The Reflecting Pool drama says everything about how the administration operates.
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