Reed McMaster @mcmasterreed.bsky.social · 6hIt's honestly going to be really funny when the admin inevitably picks him to be one of the sineaters to explain why the Iran war was a comical failure 110
Reposted by Reed McMasterDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm not the audience for the Smith hearing, but the main political issue here is that Republicans want the world to know that Smith subpoenaed congressional phone records as he investigated Jan. 6 etc, and nobody outside the Senate can explain to you why that's bad. 28934129
Reposted by Reed McMasterBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There's still so much more to watch www.ms.now/news/maha-su...ms.nowAt MAHA Summit, RFK Jr.’s base asks if its champion is selling outThe second annual conference features Trump officials, tech titans, corporate sponsors and fading celebrities — but very little MAHA. 34715
Reposted by Reed McMasterJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This administration appears intent on making the entire country hate it. Now, they are kicking 750,000 people off their health insurance. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/h...nytimes.comTrump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming FraudVice President JD Vance said the measure would save the government $2.2 billion. 17260100
Reposted by Reed McMasterBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron 133106002480
Reposted by Reed McMasterOregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Happy Sea Otter Awareness Week! 1265406892
Reposted by Reed McMastergwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 21/09/2026thing about fox news is they know where their bread is buttered. if other networks are getting banned, they know they'll get banned too. 3524
Reed McMaster @mcmasterreed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The comedic irony of the popularists is that their key examples of good Dems are always the ones who backstab the party 000
Reposted by Reed McMasterTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Come January 3, 2027, Dick Durbin will very likely be replaced by Juliana Stratton. Stratton ran on expanding the Supreme Court as well as on enacting term limits for justices. 421003175
Reposted by Reed McMasteramanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life," Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker, told me over the phone from Guantanamo Bay last week. Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.motherjones.comThe Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.” 121507703
Reed McMaster @mcmasterreed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A very public rendition of how insane this all looks literally just happened. Robert Kraft going after Macklemore, claiming it's to combat antisemitism but not saying a peep about Kanye West who's currently touring 110
Reposted by Reed McMasterDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026More in my lane is how anti-semitism is now basically unregulated on social media, how any 14 year old can now find "Jewish question" content that was walled off 10 years ago... and all the energy is in banning Israel boycotts. I assure you, that's making this worse! 151060108
Reposted by Reed McMasterGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 16/09/2026a lot of people think that faillison hired bari weiss to deliberately destroy CBS news and i think all of you need to consider the possibility that he hired her because he genuinely thought she would be successful. 1223468332
Reposted by Reed McMasteramanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"ICE arrested 50,000 people in July, and another 50,000 in August, eclipsing the monthly arrests made during the peak of Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago, Operation Catahoula Crunch in New Orleans, and Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota." www.turtlediaries.net/p/ice-is-sti... 7315168
Reposted by Reed McMasterjae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 14/09/2026who is ready for… DATA CENTER OIL SPILLS!patch.comData Center Spills 5,500 Gallons Of Diesel Into Secaucus CreekThis happened Friday night at Equinix data center, which is located on Hartz Way and is expanding. 17457239
Reposted by Reed McMasterAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 10/09/2026ICE is so unpopular these days it’s creating the kind of corporate replies that I can only compare to the corporate ass covering in public statements re: trump in 2015 417528
Reposted by Reed McMaster#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 08/09/2026Will a British ban on trade with Israeli settlements, 60 years too late and done only after at least 75,000 Palestinians were massacred, cripple the Israeli settler enterprise? No. But, Miliband's forceful break with decades of feigned ignorance, helplessness, and complicity is a watershed moment.theguardian.comEd Miliband has overturned decades of Foreign Office inertia on illegal Israeli settlementsForeign secretary ends UK’s feigned helplessness with sanctions and description of Israel’s actions as ethnic cleansing 2500130
Reposted by Reed McMasterJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 08/09/2026More from Campanile in his lengthy social media post. "Making matters worse is the cadre of self-described influencers and on-line opinionists who market themselves as “journalists”. Some have been given control of our most precious reporting institutions — including CBS News." 07016
Reposted by Reed McMasterjesse @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026you could derail the entire steelers offense by showing them a globe 311166156
Reposted by Reed McMasterjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/09/2026i think much of the democratic party's low ratings reflects a palpable sense that it is institutionally incapable of standing up for itself or going on the hunt 621983234
Reposted by Reed McMasterlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 03/09/2026every fun, cool, or just silly thing america has ever done is getting made worse because of these demons 141176172
Reposted by Reed McMasterJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Guys, Maria Bariromo has fallen! I repeat, Maria Bariromo has fallen. Fox News announces that she is out, effective immediately. “We thank Maria for her work over the last 12 ½ years and wish her all the best on her next chapter.” No other explanation given. 111957168
Reposted by Reed McMasterBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026What Pablo Torre did was ridiculously impressive. Uncovered a conspiracy between rich guys, withstood a propaganda campaign by one of the richest guys in the world with a pretty good reputation, didn't buckle or panic, and just kept reporting. That's some Pulitzerin' right there. 147142272077
Reposted by Reed McMastersteven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This measure is far short of what some of the leading Nordic countries do in terms of supporting and sustaining journalism, which is necessary for a functioning democracy, but it's a fantastic start. 08823
Reposted by Reed McMasterjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 31/08/2026feels like "can the president unilaterally demolish the white house and build whatever he wants in its place" is a "major question" given the cultural and political significance of the building but, again, the president *is* a special birthday boy 382479312
Reposted by Reed McMasterJohn Knefel @johnknefel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026CBS News trying to manufacture a scandal out of drawing comparisons between the pandemic and 9/11 death tolls. The thing is, that point of comparison was incredibly common at the time. It was everywhere, and trying to smear El-Sayed now is disgusting, if totally predictable under Weiss and Ellisonmediamatters.orgEmbracing blatant Islamophobia, CBS News makes bizarre attempt to tie El-Sayed to 9/11 1122669
Reposted by Reed McMasterMedia Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Right-wing figures amplified the Trump administration's unsubstantiated claims, pushing for the SAVE America Act and fearmongering about noncitizens voting.mediamatters.orgRight-wing media repeated Trump administration claims that over 250,000 noncitizens registered to vote — now that “inflated” number is falling apartRight-wing media ran with unsubstantiated claims from the Trump administration that the Department of Homeland Security found hundreds of thousands of noncitizens registered to vote in federal electio... 56328
Reed McMaster @mcmasterreed.bsky.social · 27/08/2026My favorite dumb little fun fact from last year is that the only executive order less popular than the mass pardon of Capitol Rioters was the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico. That was also when Trump's approval was about 20 points higher 1125143
Reed McMaster @mcmasterreed.bsky.social · 27/08/2026You cannot sincerely target fraud in the United States without spending a considerable amount of time tracking it down in Florida 000
Reposted by Reed McMasterMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Laura Loomer attacks "ghetto Black people," name-checks Angie Nixon, Fani Willis, Jasmine Crockett, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush, Candace Owens, Ilhan Omar, and adds, "Some people call it racism. I call it pattern recognition." www.mediamatters.org/laura-loomer...mediamatters.orgLaura Loomer: "Some people call it racism. I call it pattern recognition." 7519964
Reposted by Reed McMasterCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dems too busy being Islamaphobic about a liftbro on Twitch in the name of "fighting antisemitism" to notice that ICE has been going hog wild on the down low since Homan took over for Bovino and told the Gestapo to be a bit more subtle 161996564
Reposted by Reed McMasterMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026a million pieces/segments sneering at hasan piker and the co-chair of the DSA, meanwhile a republican congressional candidate in upstate new york named peter oberacker is the grandson of an actual nazi germany soldier and his former staffer was part of the 'i love hitler' young GOP group chat 17965391842
Reposted by Reed McMasterkate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Democrats have spent 3 days attacking a streamer btw 5345001043
Reposted by Reed McMasterChristopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Some personal news! So thrilled and honored to be joining TPM as a reporter. Can't wait to get to work. 3971565
Reposted by Reed McMasteramanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Once again, annual subscriptions to my newsletter are on SALE! I'm fundraising so I can cover something out of town and related to Border Patrol and ICE, though I can't say what at the moment (bc of other journalists taking my story, not because the agents are doing something secret).turtlediaries.netSubscribe to The Turtle DiariesWent undercover in MAGA for a year, now I write about the right. Click to read The Turtle Diaries, by Amanda Moore, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers. 16827
Reposted by Reed McMasterAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Literally nobody, including MAGA, had any ideological commitment or pre-existing policy goal of picking a fight with Canada. This is all happening solely because the crazy old man randomly blurted it out. And that makes it worse. There's nothing to negotiate, no aim to satisfy. He's just insane. 593181611
Reposted by Reed McMasterDan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Ed Martin is out. But you can still read our pretty good profile of his blundering reign as DC US Attorney. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 314639
Reposted by Reed McMasterLOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026A noun, a verb and Hasan Piker 617520
Reposted by Reed McMasterMia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 19/08/2026We shouldn't discount the fact that at least part of the data center backlash (and by extension the broader techlash) is because people feel like the tech industry has not given them anything cool, inspiring, beautiful, or useful in a long time 263571443
Reposted by Reed McMasterChristopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/08/2026New: 3 yrs ago I published exposé revealing Richard Hanania used pseudonym to write for Nazi sites Ever since I've watched centrist media rehabilitate him, accepting his ludicrous claim to have left white nationalism behind. My look at what it means, for @marisakabas.bsky.social' The Handbasketthehandbasket.coYou don’t have to hand it to Richard HananiaThe so-called "former" white supremacist's work doesn't show accountability—or that he's actually moved on from his earlier views, Christopher Mathias writes. 3836701080
Reed McMaster @mcmasterreed.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Tafoya may not be the worst candidate the MN GOP put up for senate, but that's mostly because she has to compete with Royce White 110
Reposted by Reed McMasterPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026i still see reactionaries say we need a “reckoning” over woke 1 and i truly don’t know what they mean at this point. the right is firmly in power and we get 2 articles a week bemoaning the excesses of wokeness. what else are you looking for? 582062186
Reposted by Reed McMasterDj @djsoke.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The main lesson from WIGov last night is that their current counting practices are untenable 🤪 But a secondary lesson is that you have to run tv ads and we see this time and time again 0381
Reposted by Reed McMasterdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 10/08/2026its an insult to carter, but the last thing trump wanted to be was jimmy carter. he has said that over and over. iran is jimmy cartering him. even after 50 years of this they understand us, we do not understand them, because we do not respect them as human beings 402389341
Reposted by Reed McMasterJason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · 08/08/2026This kind of racism is permissible in mainstream US outlets if the subject is a Muslim 921647
Reed McMaster @mcmasterreed.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Just further proof the Republican party has convinced itself social media is real life 020
Reposted by Reed McMasteramanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 07/08/2026NEW: ICE attorneys have been detailed to work as prosecutors in DC Superior Court.turtlediaries.net"Sacrificial Lambs": The ICE Attorneys Working as DC ProsecutorsICE lawyers are now working in DC Superior Court 821388
Reposted by Reed McMasterAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 07/08/2026All of this preemptive chiding of The Left, idk man maybe just want it more and try harder next time, What is wrong with you 51048