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@mattstern.bsky.social
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Advaita, democracy, decency. *Two books every American should read: I.F. Stone's, The Trial of Socrates and James Douglass's, JFK and the Unspeakable.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 14h
NEW: Israel has reacted with fury after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a lead investigator who determined that the country was committing genocide in Gaza
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Trump: "New York City officials released a map showing ethnic communities. It includes Little Senegal, Little Guyana, but it does not include a place called Little Italy. An unthinkable omission. We are gonna work on that immediately, or we're not going to be sending them any of the billions .... "
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 13h
It would really be great if folks not affiliated with the Trump Administration could stop using "Department of War." The Department of Defense is a statutory creation, and the name is statutorily given--the administration cannot unilaterally change it.
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 12h
Nashville! Mark your calendars for October 19th. On the night of Peter Thiel's final Antichrist lecture, we'll expose the true nature of Silicon Valley's obsession with evil. All will be revealed. Come one, come all. Spread the word! #PeterThiel #Nashville #Antichrist #nerdreich
Announcement for "Techno‑Fascist Nashville" — Oct 19, 6–8 PM at Glendale United Methodist Church: a conversation with author Gil Duran and Nashville organizers Cathy Carrillo, Andrew Krinks, and Fr. Danny Bryant about technofascism, religion, and defending the city.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 12h
Yes, it does, IDF. You denied killing U.S. reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022 until evidence forced an admission. Then you murdered hundreds of journalists in Gaza and denied it all over again. Want credibility? Let international press into the Strip.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 12h
JOINT STATEMENT OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CANADA, DENMARK, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM "As committed supporters of the ICC we regret and strongly disagree with the announcement of sanctions to be imposed upon the Court by the United States."
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 12h
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EMERGENCY VIDEO: Pete Hegseth Wants America to Watch an Execution
Nidal Hasan deserves justice. But the United States military is not a reality show.
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 12h
Are you telling me that roughly a third of my salary is going to a government that is doing *this* to us?
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 13h
The man shot by ICE in NYC yesterday has disappeared after he was admitted to the hospital, and his lawyer reportedly doesn’t know where he is. www.courthousenews.com/ice-shot-a-m...
courthousenews.com
ICE shot a man in New York City; his lawyers can’t find him
The agency claims Oscar Belgal "weaponized his vehicle” against agents in the Bronx, prompting them to fire seven shots at his car.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 12h
Meanwhile in Greece, we check in on Gavin Newsom's ex-wife, Ambassador Marie Scamtoinette. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 15h
Later, he claimed Mamdani never commented about the recent stabbing of an NYPD detective. Mamdani talked about the stabbing several times, including the below statement where the mayor notes he visited the injured officer:
Earlier today, an off-duty NYPD detective was stabbed several times in the Bronx during what preliminary information indicates was an attempted robbery. 

I visited the detective and his family at Jacobi Hospital with Police Commissioner Tisch. 

He is thankfully in stable condition, and I am hoping for his quick and complete recovery. I am confident that the NYPD will identify and apprehend the suspects and that the people responsible will be held to account.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h
Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles’ daughter posts a pic at a training camp with a pro-Russian militia in Bosnia that specializes in destabilization… totally normal stuff! “The photo raises Q’s about White House links to the pro-Russian politician”🤔 www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-...
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 16h
It's far worse. An AI company can FORCE (seriously) a family in a town where they want to build a data center to accept shares in their company that they can't sell for 5 years. Same for any company (tobacco, firearms, porn, etc.)
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14h
Fearing likely disbarment proceedings, federal prosecutors involved in the Broadview Six case attempt to mask their names and deny involvement in the case... like rats scurrying off a sinking ship.
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Feds appear to hide name of government lawyer in new 'Broadview Six' court filing
The move is particularly striking in the politically charged "Broadview Six" case, in which U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros' office has already been accused of a cover-up. Even in the Chicago prosecution...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14h
Brenden Cuni is a judicially determined perjurer and falsifier of records. Yet he remains on the job with ICE, unpunished. bsky.app/profile/empt...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h
"Speaking from positions of immense power, they are using the idea as a tool to further their own power—precisely what the concept is meant to warn against." @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social on Thiel, Vance, and the Antichrist:
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How Vance and Thiel Get the Antichrist Backwards
One is doing a bit of cynical pandering, the other is condemning anyone opposed to the tech future—and neither is willing to look in the mirror.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15h
The Trump admin announced that winter oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve will be exempt from environmental reviews. That includes seismic surveys, building temporary roads, and drilling exploration wells. Our public lands keep paying the price…
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 14h
Trump wants to destroy as much of the country as possible before leaving office.
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mattstern.bsky.social @mattstern.bsky.social · 14h
Truth Be Spoken
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The Mighty Jungle💙💛 @ocanannain.bsky.social · 15h
As John Fugelsang says, there are only two things that scare the spats off conservative politicians—the actual words of Jesus Christ, and the discovery process.
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mattstern.bsky.social @mattstern.bsky.social · 14h
I just want to see their reinforced compounds and private militias.
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mattstern.bsky.social @mattstern.bsky.social · 14h
You can thank Jesus you're not trapped in that skull.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h
My man looks like Neo waking up in the goo pod
politico.com
Peter Thiel slams Obama, Pope Leo in new ‘Antichrist’ lectures
The tech billionaire accused them of using AI concerns to “boost their own popularity,” according to recordings obtained by POLITICO.
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Dash Silva @dashsilva.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Melville’s editor checking in and touching base:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
Yikes — abc news has fallen… “outright deleted” a story about the Trump boys getting billions in government contracts 🤔👇🏽
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mayor Mamdani: bsky.app/profile/mayo...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
An ICE officer shot and wounded a man today around 4:00 in Manhattan. Exact details are still coming in. I'm not seeing any further information other than that the man is at a hospital now.
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Mac It Look Like An Accident @macrogers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Okay so we have a number now: the Onion is officially 6 months ahead of reality.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026
cruikshank underrated as one of the worst ever decisions of the court
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Supreme Court enabled that violent movement via United States v Cruickshank (a decision that Roberts #SCOTUS later echoed in Trump v United States [worth reading @leahlitman.bsky.social's Lawless where she lays this all out. pp 96-97, 139]
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I just saw one of Trump’s propaganda ads on Fox News. The ad still ends with “paid for by the U.S. Government.”
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 08/10/2026
Brilliant idea to take a murderer motivated by ideology and publicly martyr him.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Tom Emmer refers to Somali-Americans as "enemy combatants" and says they should be "rounded up and put in jail"
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 08/10/2026
He's a "mainstream" Republican.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The head of the Fraud Task Force unaware of corruption inside the Trump administration, despite it being widely covered in the media. All by design: The Public Integrity unit in DOJ was gutted and has been told to focus on welfare fraud in blue states. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
The unit is hiring again to focus on “how politicians and state officials facilitate the misuse of taxpayer dollars.” That sounds good — until you realize what this actually means is they plan to go after blue state officials for allegations of welfare fraud. Trump’s circle will remain safe. After all, his former defense lawyer runs the DOJ now.
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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
No, life wasn't better before. It really wasn't. This is a great explainer. Check it out:
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026
come 2028 vance will be cutting ads specifically denouncing his in-laws for coming to the united states
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Note how in all of this, Vance's comments are suffused with the rhetoric of 1930s Nazi eugenics, including the "elite human being" (in German, Herrenmensch or Übermensch). Straight from Curtis Yarvin, and Elon Musk, by the way. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 08/10/2026
ABC News Mysteriously Deletes Report on Trump Sons’ ‘$6B’ Business Dealings
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ABC News Mysteriously Deletes Report on Trump Sons’ ‘$6B’ Business Dealings
The apparent deletion came after Alexa Henning, a spokesperson for venture capital firm 1789 Capital, publicly challenged the report’s central claims. The post ABC News Mysteriously Deletes Report on Trump Sons’ ‘$6B’ Business Dealings first appeared on Mediaite.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh yeah, those are definitely the Big Two when it comes to understanding socialism. Check out the big brain on J.D. here! He's definitely not an idiot.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
For Trump, laws are things to ignore: Trump Mobile failed to make required regulatory filings, senator claims The Washington Post could not find filings for the Trump-branded service that are required by the Federal Communications Commission. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Trump Mobile failed to make required regulatory filings, senator claims
The Washington Post could not find filings for the Trump-branded service that are required by the Federal Communications Commission under rules designed to prevent fraud.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 08/10/2026
The CDC just re-opened a previously shelved study that would withhold the hepatitis B vaccine from children in Guinea-Bissau, despite decades of evidence showing it is safe and effective. This is a violation of human rights, using “science” to harm some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
Breaking-news graphic featuring a photo of RFK Jr with headline that reads "RFK JR. TO GIVE 1.6M IN CDC FUNDS TO EXPERIMENT ON AFRICAN BABIES IN UNETHICAL TRIAL"
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The AI Panic and the Hunt for Reliable Narrators talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-a...
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The AI Panic and the Hunt for Reliable Narrators
This is an update to my post from Tuesday about the “existential...
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mattstern.bsky.social @mattstern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's revealing as hell. 'Socialism' is a scare word carrying no fixed meaning. Strictly an appeal to the reptilian brain.
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mattstern.bsky.social @mattstern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I cannot recommend I.F. Stone's, The Trial of Socrates highly enough. The birth of democracy and the challenges it faces from tyrants and their intellectual henchmen, ie Plato & Socrates et al. In retirement Stone taught himself ancient Greek and read the material in the original.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026
the funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for
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