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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Wild that he gets this coverage after he packed the Utah Supreme Court in order to try to prevent it from enforcing a referendum-passed gerrymandering ban to steal a congressional seat for the GOP (and disenfranchise his state's largest city)

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Red Sox @redsox.com · 22/09/2026

Now a word from our skipper.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Did not think I would -- or my children would -- ever hear an American leader go to the United Nations and muse aloud on whether or not to annihiliate another country. But then, I didn't think I would hear and see so many things over the last decade. We will never remove the stain.

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Sarah Spain ✨ @sarahspain.com · 21/09/2026

Hey guys, what the fuck are we doing? Like, how have human beings so completely lost the plot?

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just reiterating a point I’ve made before: Future Congressional spending bills should mandate that executive branch agencies cannot post any images or memes from any govt computer or any govt account. And only informational posts, period. The sole exception is the Consumer Product Safety Comm’n.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You know who thought of this before, Fox News? Congress! In 1965. When they made offering and taking money for voting ILLEGAL. 52 U.S.C. §10307(c).

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 09/09/2026

I’m so tired. Tired of being told “study hard, work hard, and good things happen” when the reality is being lazy and dumb are rewarded at the highest levels of gov and business. Tired of being told “treat people how you wanna be treated” only to have the meanest and evilest people run the world.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I keep telling you…he just doesn’t understand how the economy works.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It’s really not that hard.

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Deep Vellum @deepvellum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“The Ginger Man wound up being banned in Australia, Ireland and supposedly open-minded France. U.K. and U.S. customs and postal agents were seizing copies, but some got through.” In LitHub today, Bill Dunn, editor of THE GINGER MAN LETTERS, on the story behind Donleavy’s masterpiece!

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What 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.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/08/2026

it is in fact just the media, which has devoted more attention to this than it has to the fact that multiple republican lawmakers are dealing with “we hired nazis” scandals and that the “we hired nazis” problem extends to the white house

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Trump is losing to Iran. He's failing to curb inflation. He's failing to bring back factory jobs. He isn't boosting economic growth. He's empowering Russia and China. He's world-historically unpopular. But he can scribble "Lake America" with a big crayon on a map. Is that MAGA's consolation prize?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Again, this is newsworthy, but only because it shows (1) the deeply unpopular President of the United States is badly out of touch with the actual concerns of voters and (2) he is also quite fucking insane.

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

People like Axelrod love to become myopic at the worst possible times. Gratuitously picking on Trump ("small hands" etc.) is stupid but calling out Trump for playing footsie with his young blonde aide instead of fixating on real issues is part of the Democrats substantive message

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

It's strange. No photos of Mitch McConnell leaving the rehab center. None of him arriving at the departure airport. None of him at the arrival airport. None of him arriving at his Kentucky home. None whatsoever. Just a statement and reporters giving a quick salute.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"he" hasn't said anything. his office has issued statements. you guys are literally up there on capitol hill and you seem absolutely disinterested in seeing if this man is alive or dead.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

“May” is doing a whole lotta work here. And we can lose the “experts say…”

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bsox72.bsky.social @bsox72.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The September 16, 2005 Sporting News looking at a Red Sox and Yankees fight to the finish.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026

"Now Trump has figured out how to exploit existing government nonprofits as a clearinghouse for cash, letting corporate donors buy their way into his good graces while the public is left guessing who paid for what — and what they got in return." — @lizdye.bsky.social

publicnotice.co

Trump's 'great' fair limps to its conclusion

But the grift goes on.

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Seth D. Michaels @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

This doesn’t so much “raise questions,” but rather answers them. He’s totally transparent about this!

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The Platner story shows how political consultants should not parachute into a state and pick a candidate. There were a bunch of solid Democratic candidates in the state. Maybe the elites don’t know better than the people who actually live in the state?

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mathieu @thieudaddy.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The great Dave Alvin along with David Hidalgo of Los Lobos singing one of the my favorite songs to emerge from the So. Cal music scene of the 80’s. Alvin wrote the song, X made it semi-famous, and Dave reclaimed it as a solo artist. This version is fabulous and so L.A. youtu.be/54zxtGQP-eY?...

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Dave Alvin, David Hidalgo, Flaco Jimenez, Los Cenzontles - 4th of July

YouTube video by Los Cenzontles

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Damn. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/07/2026

worth saying is that this was the sentiment behind trump's election year rhetoric about "black jobs"

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

If there was any doubt that Gov Jared Polis’ legacy is freeing Tina Peters, the NYT reports Polis just fired the clemency board members who revealed he overruled their unanimous wishes www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

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Colorado Governor Fires Officials Who Opposed Freeing Election Denier

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 30/06/2026

🚨 NEW: "Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income from ‌his family’s crypto ventures last year, showing how he now earns most of his income from digital assets that have benefited from his policies" Tom Bergin and Koh Gui Qing for @reuters.com

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Trump reports more than $1.4 billion in income from crypto ventures

U.S. President Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income from ‌his family’s crypto ventures last year, showing how he now earns most of his income from digital assets that have benefite...

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Daniel Kelley @danieltkelley.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Interesting perspective vis a vis, you know, guns

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The Constitution is being interpreted today the same way it has been for more than a century, and that requires massive unprecedented violent measures.

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JK @miniver.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

TMZ DC with perhaps the most brutal video from Trump's Great American State Fair, showing Dr. Oz on stage bragging to Dean Cain about how big the crowd is, only for the reporter to pan around and show absolutely nobody is there. Original post: x.com/i/status/207...

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 29/06/2026

Key points here from @karlbode.com. And a good reminder that the media is not liberal, and does everything it can to appear to not be liberal after decades of the right pushing the 'media is liberal' myth. karlbode.com/midterm-medi...

Most of the democratic socialists that won in New York City aren't remotely radical; they're pushing for things like free child care, equitable taxation of extremely rich people, swapping out a few cops for social workers, and avoiding the industrialized U.S. taxpayer-funded mass murder of overseas toddlers.

Most of their positions are both popular and ordinary. Perhaps we should have regulators that function? Mayhap we could have a CEO or two that isn't a grotesque, comic book racist supervillain? What if we heavily taxed obscenely rich people and used the money to repair U.S. bridges and feed children?

Most of these aren't just not extreme positions, they're majority held.

But corporate media ownership very much likes the broken status quo, the corruption, and the regulatory capture. Said ownership would very much like this gravy train to keep rolling, and they very much see progressive populist reform as a bigger threat to their interests than democracy-ending authoritarianism.

This is endlessly reflected in press coverage, and they've never really been subtle about it. Propaganda-driven, right wing fake populism like MAGA is framed as "authentic middle America." Genuine, grass roots progressive populism coming from anywhere left of center is framed as extreme, unreliable, and incompetent.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I wish it were more broadly understood that Trump constantly and explicitly holds up his naked corruption *as a badge of honor* that his supporters are supposed to thrill to (and see benefit for themselves in). He thinks corruption is the highest form of winning.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Chief Justice Roberts: “We exempt the Federal Reserve from the Slaughter decision due to its unique historical relationship with my stock portfolio.”

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

IT IS 2026 PEOPLE so a) use inclusive language already and b) HOW IS THIS JUST INFORMATION PEOPLE ARE JUST FIGURING OUT like what if you actually studied these bodies seriously all these decades maybe

science.org

After menopause, ovaries may transform into organs with immune powers

Mouse and human data suggest ovaries develop a new function after reproductive duties end

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

"I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you." The clear point is that Republicans have turned Congress into an body that does not engage in oversight, that operates to protect the president's family, the cabinet, his donors, friends.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 26/06/2026

absolutely fucking not.

Where Testosterone and the Bible Are the ‘New Punk Rock’ Thousands of men and boys gathered in central Washington for masculinity, Christianity and right-wing politics.

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Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Nixon's tapes did Nixon in. That amd there wasn't an alternative media ecosystem purpose-built to guarantee no Republican would ever face the music for their misdeeds.

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I assimilated all the way to Congress and this idiot still tells me to go back where I came from.

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Just a reminder that in theory at least, this is supposed to be a two-week celebration for the entire country.

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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Feels like there's a word for this (maybe several), if I could only put a finger on it www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

WSJ headline:

How a $45 Million Donation Brought Larry Ellison Deeper Into Trump’s Circle
The billionaire’s private friendship with the president has helped Oracle’s business and his son’s media conglomerate

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/06/2026

"Only once before has America had a president this old — and that time, we held an extended and furious debate about whether age had rendered the octogenarian unable to do his job. By comparison, discussion of Trump’s age has been quiet and infrequent." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

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What if we covered Trump's age the way we covered Biden's?

His rapid decline is obvious. Why not give it the attention it deserves?

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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 22/06/2026

Governments usually spend money to build things. This administration is spending billions to make sure some things never get built. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/c...

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Trump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projects

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 17/06/2026

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is considering granting a banking charter to the Trump family's crypto company, World Liberty Financial. That would open up new ways to funnel money to Trump, and it would be a *huge* conflict of interest.

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Trump’s Family Crypto Firm Is Expected to Get Federal Banking Privileges

Trump-appointed bank regulators’ crypto-friendly approach is likely to extend to World Liberty Financial, despite ethics concerns.

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