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Kurt Seitz

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Earth citizen. Native New Yorker. Trail builder. Traveler. Seeking truth, light, peace, progress, community, liberty and justice for all. Ulster and Otsego Counties NY. spoutible.com/kurtseitz about.me/kurts

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 30/09/2026
This is a low point, even for someone as rabidly and irrationally pro-Israel as Fetterman. trib.al/iRA2wl9
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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A terrific piece about which educational interventions are cost-effective: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u... It notes the effectiveness of things like science of reading, small group tutoring and grading schools, while other things people like don't measure up.
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30 Ideas for Fixing U.S. Schools, Ranked by Experts
Math and reading scores are in a decade-long slump. We asked three dozen experts: What could turn things around?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The president barred US reporters, while welcoming Chinese reporters who answer to the communist dictatorship in Beijing. This would be the same president who's running government-paid TV advertising vowing to stop the United States from becoming communist..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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In Trump’s White House, China’s Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So.
The showdown over President Trump’s partial media ban played out as he welcomed President Xi Jinping, whose government is ranked among the most repressive in the world.
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Kurt Seitz @kurtseitz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“there will be dragons”
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump is preparing to impose “sweeping sanctions” on the International Criminal Court, WSJ reports. Nothing says “we are international criminals” more.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump and Vance to Zelenskyy 18 months ago: You are losing this war. You have no cards. Meanwhile, while Ukraine is kicking a much larger country’s ass who invaded it, Trump and Vance are losing to Iran.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Year One of America should be an amazing thing. Trump has broken everything so completely there’s now an opportunity to rebuild the right way, without the mistakes of the past. A clean slate. All it takes is a will.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 17/09/2026
New: Trump called crypto "thin air." Last year, he reported $1.4 billion in income from it. Buyers of his crypto? They're an estimated $4.7 billion underwater. I made an 8-bit game out of it— 📈 Play as Trump: you cannot lose money. 📉 Play as an investor: you cannot win.
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‘THIN AIR,’ REAL MONEY — The Trump Crypto Game
An 8-bit game about real money. Play as Trump: you only make money. Play as an investor: you only lose. Every figure is drawn from Public Citizen's report and the sources it cites.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's clear that the Trump regime is committing an armed robbery in Venezuela, and they won't tell the public who's getting the loot.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15/09/2026
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Pentagon Watchdog Reveals Devastating U.S. Losses in Iran War
The Defense Department’s inspector general reports a major munitions shortfall—and damage to U.S. bases throughout the region.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15/09/2026
His team ensured he appeared in a corridor in which press is banned from recording video. trib.al/JM2v5z4
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15/09/2026
His admonition isn’t just about the dangers of AI. It’s an exhortation to go bigger—to tell a much more ambitious story about the future we all want, and about how giving Democrats power will help to get us there. trib.al/8dHi0eB
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Me predicting weeks ago that Trump was going to blame Ukraine for diesel prices and that he would publicly demand that Zelenskyy stop bombing Russian refineries, which happened today.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
September 12, 2026
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September 12, 2026
On Thursday, in The New Republic, conservative judge J.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 12/09/2026
Fake news only find fertile ground where natural stupidity already serves as fertilizer.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Houthis just filmed a warehouse full of US-made armor they took off Saudi-backed forces after Mocha fell. Shot on an iPhone. Such a damaging image! The coalition’s decade-long war in Yemen is ending in captured American equipment & open humiliation.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Mike Wilson @whisperingwind.eurosky.social · 11/09/2026
I reckon this pointless war will go down in history as one of the worst & most consequential mistakes of the century.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is a really good piece.
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The Falling Man — Esquire
Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in i...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“That’s the danger of disinformation. We cannot accept it, and to defeat it, we’ve got to put pressure on the social media companies who profit from it.” 2/2
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So rather than put Texas ABC affiliates in the middle of it, Kimmel says the full interview will be posted to YouTube instead. This is where we are now. A candidate interview gets moved off broadcast television because local stations are worried about what the federal government might do next.
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Talarico's upcoming Kimmel interview will not air due to FCC pressure, host says
Talarico's upcoming interview will be his second that fails to air on a major network this year.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/09/2026
NEW: Evidence that became public only in the last two years raises new questions about a Saudi man who assisted two 9/11 hijackers. “Somebody needs to explain to the American people why we didn’t see this information before,” a former FBI agent said.
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25 Years After 9/11, Questions About the FBI’s Pursuit of Saudi Suspects in the Case Have Only Grown
FBI agents quickly identified a Saudi suspect who helped two of the 9/11 hijackers. But families of the victims are demanding to know what happened in the bureau’s investigation of Omar al-Bayoumi.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Our government kills people with no legal review, no evidence presented, no nothing. Trump and Hegseth are judge, jury and executioner. It's cold-blooded murder.
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"We seek to preserve peace by fighting a war, to advance freedom by subsidizing dictatorships, to 'win the hearts & minds. . .' by poisoning their crops & burning their villages & confining them in concentration camps; we seek to uphold the 'truth' of our cause with lies. . ." -- Wendell Berry
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Sánchez: “If Russia gets involved in spreading disinformation or Israel…by criticising the Spanish government, it won't be because they are concerned about migration, but because of the political positions we are taking regarding the genocide in Gaza or Putin's invasion of Ukraine.”
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"The idea that this hub, built over decades, was significantly degraded in the space of a few days by a regional player is unimaginable. "That the US could not prevent and defend against a predictable attack on a Fleet Headquarters is quite startling." www.militarytimes.com/opinion/2026...
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The devastation of NSA Bahrain is a national security warning
Opinion: If NSA Bahrain is not reconstituted to pre-attack capabilities, it will fundamentally change how the U.S. Navy operates, the author of this op-ed writes.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 29/08/2026
A political system committed to self-government cannot treat private conscience, no matter how enlightened, as a substitute for public legitimacy. trib.al/Ayggml5
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The 1915 TNR Debate That Predicted the Ills of the Billionaire Class
An unpublished exchange between New Republic editor Walter Lippmann and financier Jacob Schiff wrestles with the consequences of extreme wealth—a question we are still struggling with today.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Trump: “I signed the GENIUS Act. I named it after myself.”
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Most major media still won't say directly that the U.S. is sliding toward dictatorship. Will they ever sound the alarm, or will they be part of the most shameful episode of journalism neglect in our nation's history? My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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The media are missing the story of our lives: a looming dictatorship
News outlets’ downplaying of the danger is shameful journalism neglect
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Fox is not journalism – it's anti-journalism. The more you watch, the less you know.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
“What I mean is that the United States and Israel attacked us with nine specific, declared objectives, but failed to achieve any of those nine objectives at any level. “This was the greatest absolute defeat for the United States and the Zionist regime. 2/3
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
In addition to losing right to travel: "Paul Robeson’s name was stricken from college All-America football teams. Newsreel footage of him was destroyed . . ." Textbooks say little of impact of various iterations of Red Scare on Black Freedom Struggle. ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-o...
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More than McCarthyism: The Attack on Activism Students Don’t Learn About from Their Textbooks
By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca In legislatures across the country, Republican lawmakers are introducing bills to curtail what educators — in public schools and universities — can say and teach about racism and...
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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Deeply disturbing story in WSJ: The Trump & Witkoff families are opening a bank in Florida The investors in this bank are undisclosed It will not have to follow FDIC rules This is essentially open money laundering Outrageous corruption www.wsj.com/finance/trum...
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Exclusive | Trump Family’s World Liberty Financial Gets Preliminary Approval to Launch a Bank
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency gives the flagship crypto venture a conditional approval to be a trust bank.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Trump said deportations would lead to more jobs for American citizens. But according to new research, his cruel immigration raids actually COST jobs, including those held by American citizens. This was never about “protecting American workers.” It was always about racism and cruelty.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Anyone who supports Trump is a bad person who is a threat to the safety and well-being of everyone you love. I don't care if that Trump backer is your aunt who brings you apple pie. I've lost friends and been distanced from relatives over this. By supporting MAGA, they told me they were bad people.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This might take longer to get resolved than the Iran War.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12/08/2026
Donald Trump is planning to spend at least $900 million ripping up the White House and its grounds. A chunk of that money has no identified source. trib.al/ZKoiMDo
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Where the Hell Did Trump Get This $70 Million for His Ballroom?
Donald Trump is planning to spend at least $900 million ripping up the White House and its grounds. A chunk of that money has no identified source.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Gas prices are up 24.6% from a year ago and still significantly higher than they were before the Iran War. Meanwhile, the world's 8 biggest oil companies have made a $93B profit windfall in just the last three months. Big Oil is raking it in as the world burns — and we're paying for it.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Gulf energy producers have lost all faith in Trump and are quietly accepting Iran's permanent control over the Strait of Hormuz — because the alternative, returning to war, would be worse, the WSJ reports. The global damage Trump has wrought with his incompetence is incalculable.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
One graph that shows how Trump has screwed any future presidents. The National Debt is going to skyrocket, interest costs too. It will take huge tax rises to stabilise the situation without any of the benefits Europeans have from their tax system.
Graph showing rise of interest costs as a share of GDP
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
August 10, 2026
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August 10, 2026
Remember when Mondays in August were lazy, quiet summer days?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Senate Republicans have taken a major step towards advancing the pro-crypto CLARITY Act. Reminder: crypto is a giant Ponzi scheme. Its only practical uses are for tax evasion, money laundering, fraud, speculation, and crime. No Democrat should vote for this corrupt abomination.
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Senate advances landmark crypto bill before heading on August recess
The move suggests Senate Republican leaders believe they may yet be able to get the 60 votes needed to pass, despite con
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Kurt Seitz @kurtseitz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
More than 50 years ago, the Watergate exposé revealed the "dirty tricks" that a Presidential administration would go through to defeat perceived enemies. We can imagine how dirty tricks have exploded on steroids in today's administration, with AI and a colluding media corps to aid in deception.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Chinese-made camera components in a UK Navy drone were caught transmitting "heartbeat" data to an IP address in China, The Telegraph reports. The equipment was used around British special forces.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
August 4, 2026
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August 4, 2026
On Friday night, a court filing from Capital One denied there was any political motivation behind the closure of more than 380 bank accounts in the names of Donald Trump and the Trump Organization.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Geopolitics and Security Studies Center analyst Dionis Cenusa on the Ceuta crisis: “The timing chosen for this hybrid warfare operation was not accidental… 1/
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
On other social media, I used to get shouted at regularly - usually by people from Texas or Arizona - to keep my nose out of American politics. There is no American politics any more. It’s all world politics.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Listened to an interview with Trump’s tariff guy Jamieson Greer who suggested the EU needed to be punished for keeping out American foodstuffs for “spurious reasons”. Those spurious reasons? Go into US stores and 50% of stuff has been banned in Europe for containing additives proven to cause cancer
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