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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Mr. Trump was in fighting form, tossing out red meat reminders to Texans about why they voted for him in 2024. ... He talked a lot about the border, and Democrats, and himself. "What he didn’t talk a lot about was Ken Paxton." Welp, when ya got nothin' to sell ...
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At Texas Rally, Trump and Paxton Make for an Awkward Pair (Gift Article)
The president offered support for the Republican Senate candidate, after earlier grumbles, but focused much of his speech on a defense of his own record.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If only someone had warned them all what would happen... 🙄
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‘He’s Not Making Sense’: How Trump Has Alienated Voters for the G.O.P. (Gift Article)
Signs are emerging that dispirited Republican voters may stay home in November, bringing a Democratic surge without many conversions.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This gets my vote for the best thing I've seen on the Internet today:
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Health care went from 8% of jobs in the 1990s to nearly 16% today. That's a sign we got richer.⁣ ⁣ Once you've got a house, a car, a dishwasher, the next dollar doesn't go to a second oven. It goes to more years of life. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is my shocked face. 🙄
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Cornell Case Highlights Drop in Resolved Sexual Assault Cases Under Trump (Gift Article)
The administration has shifted its enforcement of a civil rights law from allegations of sexual misconduct to issues like blocking protections for transgender students.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Still waiting for outrage from ... anyone on Capitol Hill or leadership of both parties across the country. 25th amendment now.
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Trump Suggests Iran Could ‘Take Out’ L.A. or San Diego, Drawing Anger From California Leaders (Gift Article)
Gov. Gavin Newsom called the president “dangerous and deranged” after his remarks at a political rally, where Mr. Trump said the Iran war was necessary to “keep the world safe.”
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Interesting tool.
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Is a Trump Account the Best Way to Invest for Your Child? Try Our Calculator. (Gift Article)
Families also have options like 529 college plans and custodial brokerage accounts. Find out which one works best for you.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 Parents who don't have their children vaccinated are at least fools, possibly gullible dupes of Trumpist MAHA bullshit, and possibly just horrible people.
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Hochul Declares a Measles Emergency as Cases Rise in Rural New York (Gift Article)
The state has had 108 cases this year, the most since 2019. The declaration comes amid a national resurgence of the highly contagious viral illness.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
… and that is blatantly illegal. Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency (Gift Article)
The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
when your country's new accord on “super intelligence” misspells the country's name
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
25th Amendment? We can’t even get network news to air it or even mention it. It’s a massive national media coverup to hide the fact the we have an addled president.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. Eric Schmitt booked this show as a victory lap for his "gotcha" moment revealing "proof" that Jack Smith was at an Atlanta Hawks game. 2. That "proof" blew up in Schmitt's face. 3. Instead of cancelling this appearance, he dishonestly colludes with the hosts to pretend he did have that proof.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Exactly.
State Rep. Angie Nixon: Folks. If we’re going to be a big tent, then damnit we need to be a big tent. We need all hands on deck right now. Trump isn’t going to willingly leave in 2028. We need to send more folks to DC with the political will and courage to stand up to his bullying.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When you *wildly* overestimate your own charm.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 29/09/2026
tell me you flunked geometry without telling me you flunked geometry
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The president has repeatedly exhibited bizarre conduct in the public eye. Not only does that include taking naps during public events, but also erratic behavior, slurred speech, appearing lost or disoriented, and sporting mysterious bruises.” newrepublic.com/post/215938/...
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Trustworthy borrowers with solid finances and honest leadership pay less. Distrusted borrowers with disordered finances and corrupt leaders pay more. In times past, the United States would have headed that first list. Under President Trump, the United States has tumbled onto the second one."
theatlantic.com
Lenders Don’t Trust the United States Anymore
Blame Trump for rising borrowing costs.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A CAMERA IS NOT A CRIME. ICE handcuffed a volunteer filming agents and pulled down her pants. Record EVERYTHING. Preserve evidence. Demand accountability. Know your rights: PAXIS.app Help keep PAXIS free: GoFundMe.com/PAXIS
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This confirms our worst fears: Those $80 motel rooms actually ARE biology experiments! 😳😬🫨😱😂😂😂😂
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In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life (Gift Article)
A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
MAGA candidate in small Calif. town convicted on 9 counts of election fraud www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
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MAGA candidate in small Calif. town convicted on 9 counts of election fraud
It turns out this conservative candidate wasn't following election laws herself.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
All that handwringing about AI killing us all? That's pure speculation. This is here and now. Of course, the rich White guys running the United States think climate change is a hoax, and even if it's real? These deaths are mostly not White people in "shithole countries," so they don't care.
smithsonianmag.com
Scientists Say Scorching Temperatures Brought on by the 'Super' El Niño Could Kill Nearly Half a Million People by February
The predicted number, which includes deaths since June, likely represents an underestimate of total deaths. The heat could linger beyond February, and the climate swing could bring about other life-th...
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You and I paid for this. Neither his campaign nor the RNC did.
apnews.com
US government foots bill for television advertisement featuring Trump's midterm messaging
An ad running on Fox News and Newsmax showing images of President Donald Trump and calling for the defeat of communism was paid for by the U.S. government.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Add this to the "Impeach Hegseth" file. It's also relevant to this week's attempt by the White House to ban several mainstream news operations because Dear Leader (or was it Natalie?) thinks their coverage is unfair to him.
nytimes.com
Opinion | What Hegseth Is Hiding (Gift Article)
Soldiers want to tell their stories, and we need to hear them.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When the Cincinnati Post shut down, it oddly had an effect on local elections. Fewer people ran for office, voter turnout fell, and incumbents became more likely to win. That's useful context for Trump's choice to ban 3 news orgs from the White House newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/what-econo...
newsletter.platypuseconomics.com
What Economists Know About Kicking Out Reporters
Trump banned three news organizations from the White House last week — and there’s a research literature on exactly where that leads.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fact-Checking Trump’s Speech at the United Nations www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Speech at the United Nations (Gift Article)
President Trump’s remarks about oil reserves, the drug trade and his peace efforts contained falsehoods and exaggerations.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 22/09/2026
First, Trump banned independent news from the White House. Now, he's launching what is quite literally state-run TV to try drowning out the fact that he and his corrupt administration are failing the American people. This is truly autocratic behavior from a failed President.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Also from the Times: "The pool arrangement ... solves the practical problem of having hundreds of reporters crowding into the White House or following the president on every trip." In effect, the pool suspension means he won't have major networks cover him when he leaves the White House.
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Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN (Gift Article)
The move was an escalation of President Trump’s showdown with the White House press corps after he moved to bar journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
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Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers @platypuseconomics.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We analyzed thousands of comments on our recent Canada-U.S. YouTube video. ⁣ ⁣ No surprises here. The U.S. basically broke up with Canada over text message. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/… (with the wonderful @svaneksmith.bsky.social)
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What do Republicans have for us today to distract from their failures?
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hate is a strong word that doesn't really fit where this column goes. It's a series of data visualizations based on a survey that finds most Republicans and Democrats hold more heterodox views than the parties' leadership. Not surprising, I think, but interesting to see it presented this way.
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Opinion | This Is Why So Many Voters Hate Both Parties (Gift Article)
Most voters have messier views than their partisan labels would suggest.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Cheeseburger, meet wall.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Don't miss this point: These clap-backs were on his own social media platform.
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Trump Defended A.I. Data Centers on Truth Social, and Commenters Clapped Back (Gift Article)
The president’s posts about artificial intelligence on the social media platform he founded were met with an unusual volume of criticism.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Trump’s push to restrict mail ballots has failed. Other efforts to reshape the midterms are ongoing" Details at linked article. There's no time to relax.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Naturally, this has us all thinking wistfully back to the times Robert Mueller, James Comey, and Christopher Wray fought this same battle. 🙄 Nope, that never happened.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Meanwhile EPA says that regulating climate pollution is none of its business, but your uterus is www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Trump EPA Ends Climate Regulations for Power Plants
This is one of the administration’s most significant climate rollbacks.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA!!! ... " Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin www.propublica.org/article/dona...
propublica.org
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"On counterterrorism, America is now experiencing not only “a failure of imagination” (as the 9/11 Commission famously invoked that frame) but also of policy and leadership. ... We are not safer for it."
justsecurity.org
The Looming Terrorist Threats to America
25 years after 9/11, U.S. counterterrorism officials are being asked to do more with less.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Here we go again ... 🙄
cnn.com
Trump admin pushes sweeping overhaul of census that could exclude millions, reshape Congress and slash federal funding | CNN Politics
The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed sweeping changes to the US census that could leave millions out of the count, dramatically altering the allocation of congressional seats and billions in...
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Denver Sues to Block Armed ICE Agents at Voting Sites www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
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Denver Sues to Block Armed ICE Agents at Voting Sites (Gift Article)
The City of Denver and civil rights groups argued that sightings of ICE agents at polling places are having a chilling effect.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Bessent is throwing everything he has at interest rates; mostly that means bond buybacks. Bless his heart ...
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Bond Market Rebuffs Treasury’s $6 Billion Plan to Reduce Borrowing Costs (Gift Article)
The 10-year yield rose to its highest level in three years, suggesting investors were underwhelmed by the details of a move to buy back government bonds.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Bible never says that God has a penis. But in fairness, Ken Paxton, you missed *a lot* of verses in the Bible, you adulterous liar.
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
These statistics brought to you by people who say they believe in "right to life." (If only someone had warned therm. 🙄)
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Marty Nott @martynott.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Stupid" isn't a sufficient word for this. apnews.com/article/cana... banning dairy products, most alcohol and motorcycles from Canada in growing trade war
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