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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The fact that this was *previously used as a campaign ad during the presidential campaign* removes any real defense as to its purpose. Its not a public service announcement. Its a campaign ad that has become state propaganda.

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Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 18/09/2026

“If you’re a US citizen you have no reason to fear” – Markwayne Mullin, responding to a video of a teenage US citizen being repeatedly punched in the face by ICE.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

He was actually very clear about what he was going to do. Maybe you should have leveled with your constituents about what you were supporting bsky.app/profile/phil...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“Generosity doesn’t automatically come with an agenda. And sometimes a wedding gift is just a wedding gift.” Did Don Jr marry John Roberts bsky.app/profile/nikk...

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"the money, which was supposed to be used to provide health insurance for poor children, was instead hastily passed through multiple organizations before eventually landing in the bank accounts of two political action committees and the Republican Party of Florida." www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...

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Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida

A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A refusal to pledge independence from the White House would once have ended an attorney general's career Blanche said it on Sunday television & expects no consequences Bondi did this damage quietly, now Blanche is saying it out loud -TN

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Blanche Refuses to Say He’ll Always Be Independent of Trump as Attorney General

The new head of the Justice Department said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the president had never asked him to prosecute specific people — and never would.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Since Jared has been acting as un diplomate sans portefeuille, I've been shocked no U.S. news org has gone on an editorial campaign against it. Most stories about Jared and the Logan Act date from 2017. Was there some court decision that I missed about it In the interim? Why was this just dropped?

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The Bi of Hormuz @joshstein.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The GOP is openly racist. They have been for a long time, and the fact that Mace's statements here are more likely to result in her having a right-wing media career afterwards, rather than being turned into a pariah, is a clear indictment of the GOP. I do think media outlets need to discuss this.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The president's authority as "commander in chief" refers to the military only. The president cannot use executive orders to expand the definition of who is eligible for birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment. The president's aide saying these things is a virulent white nationalist.

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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Cool cool cool, now do Colin Kaepernick

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

One of many responses I have to people who say trump and his party’s election rigging efforts likely won’t “work” is ok neither did Jan 6 It didn’t “work” It is still shaping an entire generation’s worth of elections policymaking and actions being carried out across this country, including by…

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

but everyone should be clear eyed about what those kind of spectacles are for, which is a far cry from the apologetics we got from Klein

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

yeah I think that's where I come down as well - less interested in Russell's decision to turn down the debate and more interested in the reason he turned it down, if that makes any sense. as I said somewhere else, I don't mind that Baldwin debated Buckley...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

we should bring back shame actually www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

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How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review

Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Republicans would have marched on the White House with pitchforks and Confederate flags if Obama had ever said something like this.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The claim that "Israel wants to kill its way out of every problem" is the sort of thing that tends to draw a DOJ investigation and the blocking of federal funds when made by campus actors.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/06/2026

crazy to think that perhaps because trump is not an ideologue and is a little attentive to public sentiment he is less likely to go full tiananman square than miller and vance

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The mifespristone case shows that the abortion federalism promised by Dobbs was a lie—the goal is to ban abortion everywhere, even if that means forcing pro choice states like New York to enforce abortion bans passed by anti-choice states. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Shield laws are not directly at issue in Louisiana’s case. But Alito’s reference to those laws as part of a “scheme” to undermine Dobbs is a tell that he believes that New York should be compelled to help enforce Louisiana’s ban on abortion. Although the justices who overturned Roe blamed it for fomenting partisan rancor and division, the Dobbs ruling was always going to be worse in that regard, precisely because abortion cannot truly be banned as long as you can cross state lines to get one.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Key thing to remember is that Trump knows he’s lying but just is basically never pushed this hard on it & doesn’t know what to do. When Trump argued in court about the 2020 election, he didn’t make the arguments he makes publicly. Ofc Fox famously paid $787.5 million for knowingly lying about this

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Utterly shameful for the United States Secretary of Defense, the hinge in the chain of command that orders troops into battle, to say this out loud, much less at a commemoration of D-Day.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Trump’s election was, in effect, the passage of the Crimes Are Legal If You’re a Republican Act.

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Trump Pardons Former Congressman Convicted of Insider Trading

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/06/2026

another day, another insane arrogation of authority

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Pathetic

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Congrats to the anti-woke dunces who claimed to be free speech warriors but made common cause with this guy because wokeness is always worse than fascism.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

In a statement to @benmullin.bsky.social, Scott Pelley disputes what Bari Weiss said in this morning's editorial meeting, claiming he was never offered "a way back" as she claimed. "These executives cannot gain the trust of the staff with lies. This is antithetical to everything we stand for..."

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 03/06/2026

It is no longer news when the President of the United States offers paranoid conspiracy theories to "explain" a coup attempt carried out by his own followers.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The fact Trump is turning to Pulte shows some combination of: * the bench is incredibly thin * he does not think DNI is a real job * he only trusts absolute loyalists, and that circle is small Its a measure of a weak and dysfunctional personalist regime.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Pulte is unqualified for his current job. He led the effort to investigate Jerome Powell. Only qualification is a willingness to lie and subvert the law to intimidate Trump's opponents. Should be nowhere near the Director of National Intelligence position. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-uses...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Fuck me, this is Bill Pulte. The guy who was using mortgage data to launch DOJ investigations against Lisa Cook, Letitia James and Adam Schiff. He is being put in charge of national intelligence because of his track record of being willing to manufacture false allegations to target Trump's enemies.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/06/2026

an extremely defensive Rubio crashes out over question about why he was at a UFC fight with Trump in Miami instead of in Pakistan with Vance negotiating with the Iranians: "You don't know what you're talking about! I was co-located with the president. I was where I needed to be at that moment."

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Oliver Darcy got the audio of the heated 60 Minutes meeting where Scott Pelley dressed Nick Bilton down! "You know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock." www.status.news/p/scott-pell...

"Bari loves this institution," Bilton told staffers at one point during the highly contentious meeting. "She loves '60 Minutes.'"

"She's murdering '60 Minutes,'" Pelley countered. "She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it—and she's doing exactly that."

This story is based on audio of the meeting obtained by Status. A CBS News spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment, but Pelley's stunning series of remarks left staffers on the newsmagazine wondering if he will resign.

In the meeting, Pelley pointed out that Weiss has "no qualifications for her job" and told Bilton "you have slender qualifications for this job." Pelley, the former anchor of "CBS Evening News," noted that the changes Weiss has made to that program "have been catastrophic."

"So why should we expect any of this is going to be any better?" Pelley asked Bilton.

Bilton tried to move the meeting along, but Pelley pressed on, challenging the new executive producer’s references in interviews to “60 Minutes” creator Don Hewitt’s vision for the program as he outlined his plans.

"I have another question," the veteran journalist said. "Did you at any point work with Don Hewitt, telling everybody about what Don Hewitt thought, and what his inspiration was? I worked for Don Hewitt from 1999 to 2004 and Lesley Stahl probably worked with him for 30 years. Just wondering how you have such deep insight?"

Bilton replied that he was simply quoting Hewitt’s own words from past interviews and asked Pelley whether he had any other questions. Pelley said that he did.

"I have many questions," Pelley responded. "What was wrong with Sharyn Alfonsi?"

As Bilton started to say he would "defer," Pelley interrupted: "This is not the crowd to dodge."

Bilton insisted he was not dodging.

"Nobody talked to you about that?" Pelley continued, pressing him on the firing. "They're taking one of your correspondents away and nobody mentioned to you what was wrong with Sharyn?"

Bilton acknowledged that he "had conversations with people."

"And what came out of those conversations?" Pelley asked. "They are private conversations?"

Bilton reiterated that he "did not fire" Alfonsi or Vega. Pelley pointed out that Bilton had nonetheless discussed the matter with others. Charles Forelle, a top Weiss deputy and managing editor of CBS News, interjected, telling Pelley that he was being "rude."

"This is not actually productive," Forelle said. "This is not an interview."

"It's working for me," Pelley replied.

"Anybody came into our house—this is '60 Minutes,'" Pelley added. "I guess you wandered in expecting to read a statement off?"

Pelley then asked Bilton "what was wrong with" Draggan Mihailovich, the executive editor of "60 Minutes" who was fired on Thursday.

Bilton again said that he did not fire Mihailovich. Forelle one more told Pelley that he was being "rude."

Pelley did not let up, however. The veteran newsman told Bilton and Forelle that the way management handled the firings was "cruel." Forelle—yet again—responded by calling Pelley "rude."

"I'm not being rude," Pelley shot back. "I have some pretty—you know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock. Sending Draggan Mihailovich to HR to get fired, because nobody could look him in the eye. Not talking about Tanya's contract. Not talking about Sharyn Alfonsi's contract. Not talking about Cecilia Vega's contract. Just calling them up and telling they were fired. That's rude. This is a conversation. That is rude, and you were part of that."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Ossoff: He’s trying to put his face on the money. He's building a monument to himself . But see, Atlanta, he's doing these things now because no one will honor him when he’s gone… because he's a failed president and a national disgrace.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

It’s childish. Like I don’t know how else to explain it. Their version of “maculinity” is being a bratty little shit like their god-king. bsky.app/profile/oluf...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

It remains baffling to me that we have a clear constitutional requirement that the president can't enrich himself on the job, something we had no problem enforcing strictly for hundreds of years, and then this sweaty conman came by and the nation just sorta shrugged it off.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/05/2026

the clear takeaway here is that the administration wants to unlawfully seize the smithsonian and make it a temple for white supremacist “history” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/a...

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Curating in the Cross Hairs: Is This the Smithsonian Chief’s Last Show?

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

It's rad as hell that there hasn't been a deal reached, the U.S. and Iran are still lobbing missiles at each other, and that Axios and other corporate media outlets just continue shoveling this dumb, obviously untrue bullshit out there to serve the purpose of manipulating the market.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This is an extraordinary story, and like a lot of extraordinary stories about wrongdoing and corruption, will become much harder to report if the Trump administration succeeds in requiring NDAs of all federal employees. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-want...

If it were up to the Trump administration you would never read these stories. And the new NDAs are designed to stop these stories from being told. Because their goal is to kill oversight and accountability. They know that principled public servants are not revealing confidential information that creates national security risks, but will expose wrongdoing that is running rampant in this administration. So they want to gag them.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

A President ordering the Justice Department to criminally investigate a woman who won a sexual assault lawsuit against him makes Watergate look like an unpaid parking ticket.

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This is textbook racism. As in, this is an example that an elementary teacher might use to explain racism to a child: "If someone says all members of a particular race are stupid, that's racism, kids." Any news outlets that uses any word for this except racism is not reporting the truth.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

“Is trump racist” is an actual debate people have

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

bsky.app/profile/atru... www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

There is a difference between inheritance and action. I cannot help who my ancestors are, but I can make my own choices. That so many Americans chose to place in power a man who holds people in contempt on the basis of race, religion, and national origin; that so much of the mainstream media conveys this bigotry through tired, obfuscating euphemisms; that there is so low a political price for the president’s racism that he and those around him see little risk in its expression—well, that does say something about America, and Americans. Immigration isn’t breaking our society. That’s a job Americans can do on their own.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

You may remember Republicans absolutely losing their mind when Obama released $1.7 billion in frozen Iranian assets.

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

It’s worth noting that when Jan. 6 happened, the pro-Trump right used dozens of conspiracy theories to try and offload blame from themselves—e.g., claiming it was “antifa,” “feds.” Now, they seem keen to just admit they did it—all of it—and it was good.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

"After years and years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I also will sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America." Donald Trump, Inaugural Address, 20 January 2025

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Mezer-Kiss of Death @bananapantz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I’m old enough to remember when the Right was against “jack-booted thugs”.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Just imagine the level of criminality that compels a President who was already personally granted full immunity by Supreme Court for anything related to 'official acts' to think that's not enough, he must *also* have his DOJ release all civil claims against him, two of his kids, and his company.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

However appalled you are by this, it’s not enough. It’s a frank statement that Trump and Trumpists are above the law and need not even plausible excuses to loot your tax dollars. It’s a total failure of our civic institutions.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 18/05/2026

“Instead of student loan forgiveness we’re doing a coup forgiveness program”

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