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Kevin Penner @kevinpenner.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Dirtbags, rapists, and grifters Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
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They Said They Weren’t Close to Epstein. New Documents Show Otherwise.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/01/2026
NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The Dem leadership is all going to vote no because they are trying to "keep their hands clean." We told you how ridiculous this was yesterday. prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
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Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, i...
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Senate Democrats are about to sell us out. Remember that when they text you for money.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 09/11/2025
🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.” That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now. Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal... Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
Ezra Levin on Bluesky: “I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.

It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.”
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 31/10/2025
Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
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Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters
A judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago region.
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Kevin Penner @kevinpenner.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
The fascists are in the room. Maybe @nytimes.com has decided to stop helping them. We'll see. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/10/2025
It's astonishing -- almost every single sentence uttered by Mettler in this pod made me want to scream. This is every bit of reheated reactionary-centrist conventional wisdom, distilled to its essence, delivered under the guise of "political science." So utterly, disastrously wrong, all of it.
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The Rural Power Behind Trump’s Assault on Blue Cities
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 10/21/2025 · 1h 4m
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Kevin Penner @kevinpenner.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Read this gift article: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Lower Than Cowards
The surrender of America’s elites
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
“Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t doing politics right.” —Ezra Klein
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
“‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ will be preempted indefinitely,” an ABC spokeswoman said Wednesday, as Disney leans into an authoritarian future.  www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Disney to Pull Jimmy Kimmel’s Show After Kirk Remarks
Disney said it is pulling ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s show in the wake of remarks he made about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...
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ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live! From the Air ‘Indefinitely’
The decision follows conservative backlash to a comment the late-night host made about Charlie Kirk.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2025
Watch: they're going to develop & execute a plan to steal the election right in front of us, in public, because they know courts won't stop them, they know Dems won't fight, and they know media will never call it what it is. At this point why would they think anything else?
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
"It is past time for both Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer to step down and step aside. This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting and fearless opposition... we all deserve better." I make the case, in my latest for The Guardian, for new leadership:
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It’s time for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to step down | Mehdi Hasan
This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting and fearless opposition. We all deserve better
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 21/08/2025
BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
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Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/08/2025
Meet the Press is explicitly being used to amplify lies and mislead the public, which some say is contrary to the point of journalism.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/07/2025
"Unlike January 2021 — when the Big Lie scheme failed — by 2029 Trump and his cohorts will have new tools to carry out a coup, including a massive federal police force with a proven willingness to engage in systemic illegality at Trump's behest."
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The emerging coup
Lawless authoritarian regimes don't give up power willingly.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/07/2025
New in PN: The worst chief justice of all time "American history has no shortage of legendarily bad chief justices and disgraceful decisions. But John Roberts has overseen the wholesale corruption and capture of the Supreme Court, and history should look back on his tenure with revulsion."
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The worst chief justice of all time
Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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‘New York Times’ Announces New Columnist Will Contribute Nothing To Society 3 Times A Week
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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The Onion @theonion.com · 02/07/2025
“So what’s neat is that you can just do command-shift-E and rank every single resident from whitest to least,” said the billionaire libertarian theonion.com/peter-t...
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Peter Thiel Shows Trump How To Sort Spreadsheet Of Americans By Ethnicity
WASHINGTON—Stressing that it would be simplest to troubleshoot now during the onboarding process for his company’s surveillance technology, Palantir founder Peter Thiel reportedly spent Tuesday morning showing President Donald Trump how to sort a spreadsheet of Americans by ethnicity. “So what’s neat is that you can just do command-shift-E and rank every single resident from […]
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
4 obviously true facts that mainstream media refuse to say in a direct manner: / MAGA is a fascist movement assaulting democracy. / RFK Jr.’s downgrading of public health will cause people to die. / Trump is a white supremacist. / Trump lies every day. He’s not deluded or mistaken – he’s lying.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The best part of the Mamdani win is that a bunch of octogenarian Democratic officials might finally be realizing that it's long past time they pass the torch.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 22/06/2025
Congress, Now More Than Ever, We Need Your Cowardice
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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal." That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
A right-winger -- a registered Republican, a Trump voter, an evangelical anti-abortion activist -- assassinates a Democratic official. Republicans respond by blaming the left. Democrats respond by blaming ... no one.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
To those who still somehow say you’re overreacting to say we are far past the point of historic crisis, go back to summer 2024 and say that in less than a year the president of the United States would be deploying the literal Marines on American soil to deal with and intimidate his political enemies
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name. This is your legacy!
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Kevin Penner @kevinpenner.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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Live Updates: Minnesota Lawmaker Is Assassinated in Act of ‘Targeted Political Violence’
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
We've just updated the @wired.com guide to protecting your privacy while attending protests with the latest best practices. @agreenberg.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Alex Padilla is an American citizen of Mexican descent. The video of a Mexican-American being manhandled by thugs will play extremely well with the sort of trash who support Trump. Decent people are outraged. Shitty people with shitty values from a shitty culture are thrilled.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The state of California needs to arrest the DHS "security" forces for assault and every Democrat in the U.S. Senate needs to sign onto a campaign to impeach Kristi Noem. Right fucking now.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/06/2025
"Bothsidesism is 'suicide for democracy.' In becoming stenographers rather than reporters, journalists effectively legitimize MAGA lies, hate, and fascism as just one reasonable side of a debate in which all partisans are equally credible."
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ABC is too cowed to state the obvious about Stephen Miller
The road to fascism is paved with "objectivity" and "civility."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
If you're a NYC voter, I'd like to ask you to picture Mayor Andrew Cuomo's response to this. ... Right? Do not rank him.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/06/2025
New in PN: ABC is too cowed to state the obvious about Stephen Miller "Miller and Trump are hateful bigots. Independent journalists can still say that. Journalists at ABC can’t, because the president gets a veto over their coverage. That’s not democracy and it’s not a free press. It’s fascism."
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ABC is too cowed to state the obvious about Stephen Miller
The road to fascism is paved with "objectivity" and "civility."
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 10/06/2025
Trump has wanted a police state with himself sitting at the top as its undisputed boss since his first administration. The standoff in L.A. shows how truly eager he is to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on his domestic foes and critics. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/06/2025
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
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Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump adm...
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Kevin Penner @kevinpenner.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
The fascists/executive branch are trying to bait protesters into violent confrontations. Keep it peaceful and read this. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Trump Is Using the National Guard as Bait
Don’t give him the pretext he wants.
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Kevin Penner @kevinpenner.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
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Musk and Trump Still Agree on One Thing
Whatever they may be fighting about, they are both committed to showering tax cuts on Americans who already have more than they need.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
The administration gets closer to using the military to crush civilian dissent. Expect deaths, disappearances, and lawless detentions.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
So, to be clear, Musk has now admitted he funded a man he believes to be a pedophile to be president. And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict. This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
if it takes years, has to be consequences for all these people, and even more for those who gave the orders.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Hard to believe they’re talking about the same event.
Headline from the independent: Trump gives rambling speech about trophy wives, golf and the 'great late' Al Capone in politically-charged West Point addressHeadline from the New York Times: Trump Gives Commencement Address at West Point, Stressing a New Era
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
trump and musk are trying to destroy my former employers @mmfa.bsky.social because they told the truth about musk helping nazis. please follow and share media matters' work. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/t...
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Regulators Are Investigating Whether Media Matters Colluded With Advertisers
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Opinion | Sorry, liberals, but the Founding Fathers believed United States should be a fascist Christian ethnostate.
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