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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 10/10/2026
As usual, Trump talks about the Nobel Peace Prize as if it worked like a sandwich-shop punch card. Whenever he claims to have ended eight wars, he should be called out on it. (We published this article a year ago; probably time for an update.) www.thebulwark.com/p/no-trump-h...
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No, Trump Hasn’t ‘Settled Seven Wars’
And he should be called out on that claim every time he makes it.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 10/10/2026
In a new Truth Social post, Trump explains why he should have received the Nobel Peace Prize—writing entirely in the voice of a man being forcibly removed from a Cheesecake Factory. Really unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize laureate.
Screenshot of a long Truth Social post from Donald Trump dated 9 October 2026. The full thing is here https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117414533410378018. It's too long for alt text, but begins:

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This is the woman who received the Nobel Peace Prize over the Great United States of America, whose Representative, ME, settled eight Wars, and many other things. I know nothing about this woman, and neither does anyone else! In fact, to the best of my knowledge, no one ever heard of her other than the fact that she, very obviously, hates Israel. I don’t know what the woman has done. I settled 8 Wars, with letters being sent from every President and Prime Minister from the countries that I helped to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and I’m about to settle, or win, two more, Iran and, Russia/Ukraine. They’re both happening at breakneck speed but, forget them, it’s the 8 that I’ve already settled, any one of which, in particular, Pakistan and India, would be far more than necessary to win the Nobel Prize. In actuality, I should have won 8 Nobel Peace Prizes, not just 1. The 8 Wars are:
 
Cambodia and Thailand
Kosovo and Serbia
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda
Pakistan and India
Israel and Iran
Egypt and Ethiopia
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Israel and Hamas
 
Additionally, I stopped Iran from having a Nuclear Weapon, and blowing up the entire Middle East and, ultimately, far beyond! I saved more lives than anyone in History and, as Maria Corina Machado, a truly fine person, stated to the Media when she gave me her Nobel Prize of last year, “Donald Trump settled many Wars, and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more than any person that has ever received it.” Based on my record of PEACE, a record like no one else has ever achieved, I agree! I got back all of the hostages in Israel, including the final 28, both living and dead, and worked with Hamas to do it — Nobody believed this was possible! I removed the World’s Evil Dictator, Nicolas Maduro, from Ve…
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It was inevitable that Trump would betray Ukraine-and the US-while funding Putin’s war by purchasing red-dye diesel fuel We knew it when Marco Rubio’s Senate Committee showed innumerable ties between his campaign and Russia The dumbest part-this “big deal” will only cover about 3 days of fuel
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“WE WILL BURN THEIR REFINERIES.”
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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 10/10/2026
Don’t worry guys, Compact Magazine assures me it’s only unpublishable due to woke www.compactmag.com/article/ross...
hat does it take to get a fantasy novel published these days, if not a famous name and a great manuscript? Judging by The
Falcon's Children, a high epic fantasy by conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, it seems the answer is a gimmick of some kind—ultra-violence, soft-core sex, identity politics.
Douthat's novel, the first in a planned trilogy, is being serially released on Substack after being turned down in two rounds of submissions to publishers, which speaks to the siloed nature of contemporary publishing rather than the merits of the book.
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meka72esq.bsky.social @meka72esq.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
@ms.now I’m in participating in Ali Velshi’s show on tour, which starts next week. How do I apply? I have the educational background and political engagement that would make me a great participant!
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meka72esq.bsky.social @meka72esq.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
@velshi.com Hey Mr. Velshi! I want to participate in your show. How do I get in touch and submit my resume (I have the educational background)?
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
One final chef’s kiss here is that Rubio’s parents were not US citizens when he was born in Miami. He is a citizen by birthright, a constitutional provision the Trump administration has worked hard to undermine.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
White supremacy is, above all, an ideology of stolen valor bsky.app/profile/seth...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
backwardly correct American definition of socialism. Socialism is the disruption of hierarchies of race and gender bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
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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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John @aquamatsu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The French are so different from the Americans. They fight for what is right while the American people let an orange buffoon wanna be dictator president do whatever he pleases and violate all kinds of law and rules.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This level of naked, open corruption is unprecedented in our history.
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nai 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026
Women are more than likely to get cancer from oral, because there aren't no tests for HPV and it needs to be talked about more. Men, be more intentional as it relates to your sexual health and GET ALL THE TESTS.
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nai 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026
Ladies, get your regular pap smears. Don't listen to misleading messages as it relates to YOUR health. You are learning more about the wellness of YOUR body and it is needed. We aren't studied enough as it relates to our health. ADVOCATE FOR YOURSELF, PLEASE.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026
As budget director, Russell Vought has often ignored Congress by … not signing the checks. At other times, he’s been able to take money Congress intended for one thing and use it for something else by justifying it as a “national emergency.” Listen to our latest episode:
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Podcast: Who’s the Shadow President?
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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
how are we still fucking doing this
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Trump Civil Rights Division exists mostly to encourage racial discrimination rather than prevent it bsky.app/profile/carl...
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meka72esq.bsky.social @meka72esq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Where all the “LLC, generational wealth, seat at the table” folks at? Trump voting Black folks where yall at? Trump voting Latino and/or Hispanics ¿ que paso?
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meka72esq.bsky.social @meka72esq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Can’t wait to read Gov. Andy’s and Sen./Rev.’s Warnock’s books.
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’m going to start reviewing campaign books of potential 2028 Presidential candidates, after the midterms, so I wrote about what campaign books are and why we should pay attention to them (if we should) open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
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2028 Campaign Books Are Here
Arguably a dozen would-be Presidents have penned books in advance of their potential campaigns. Before I start reviewing them, let’s discuss what they are.
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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
just your everyday standard retired NFL offensive lineman
John Urschel just showed that the growth factor for Gaussian elimination with partial pivoting is ~n^{1/2} with high probability, resolving a long-standing conjecture of Nick Trefethen! https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.06785
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point "Miller is also railing against GOP lawmakers who demanded that he drop out. He called Husted 'as entertaining as a two-by-four' and “as smart as a box of rocks.” Miller boasted, 'My chances of winning are much better than his.'"
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Embattled Rep. Max Miller Tests GOP Loyalty After Abuse Allegations
The incumbent got a lift from Republican groups’ spending and says President Trump is “incredibly supportive.”
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Especially in the context of his post earlier about the “Midterm Surprise!” I hope the opposition party is looking alive right now
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This strikes me as really fuckin bad
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026
surprised they even know what a stone cold stunner is
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026
lmao
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meka72esq.bsky.social @meka72esq.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@ms.now Kasich has the audacity to talk about someone being mean! Someone should remind him of his of slogan “you either get on the bus or get run over by the bus” when he gov of Ohio.” He terrorized people just as bad as Trump but can get on TV and pretend otherwise. I can’t believe yall pay him.😒
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We will never again be a democracy if we don't get the big money out of American politics. There should not be any higher priority. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/one-priori...
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One Priority Above All Others
We Must Drain the Poison Out of Our Body Politic If There Is to Be a Better World After Trump
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026
The far right power grab is global and entirely organized, moneyed & interconnected. No matter where it happens, every pillar of free society that falls has been and will continue to be everyone’s problem. It’s a domino effect.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026
The guy who literally laid out how he planned to stigmatize a concept using anti-Blackness as an advocate of colorblind meritocracy until he strays from that is a pretty clear admission of the dynamic. They’re urging him to stick to what they’re comfortable with.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026
As long as he’s aiming his invective at concepts associated with Black people he’s perfectly fine, once he strayed from anti-Black racism the mainstream press began to notice his bigotry.
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meka72esq.bsky.social @meka72esq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🎯🎯🎯
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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Dude wrote an entire essay about how he’s not a reactionary centrist which involved wildly bad faith interpretations of progressive stances on free speech immediately followed by steelmanning Rufo.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026
the idea that rufo has, at any point in his public career, been a sincere advocate for “colorblind meritocracy” is brain dead
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Ed Kazarian @kazedkaz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tho strictly speaking 'meritocracy' has never really been anything other than a euphemism for white supremacist patriarchy, so under that description it tracks perfectly.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When Trump took over, Rufo personally led the campaign to get a hundred trans intelligence fired. Was this about merit? No. Rufo has been very clear. We protect our people, we denigrate and punish the others. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-era-of...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He systematically targeted Black scholars, offering bounties for evidence of plagiarism. He's make the accusation, regardless of the evidence. In one esp bad case, I wrote a rebuttal and Rufo personally went after every faculty member who (rightly) disagreed. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/open-seaso...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Rufo pioneered the tactic of calling any discussions of race Critical Race Theory, and used it to get people fired. He pioneered the strategy of labeling teachers as "groomers" if they talked about gender identity donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-qanoni...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I used to write a lot about Rufo when I was still on X. His stock in trade is to attack public officials for espousing ideas he disliked on gender and race, presenting them as deviants who must be fired. From *2021* when he got a school principal fired: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/making-pub...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Impossible to understand how anyone could look at Rufo's career and conclude he was someone engaged in a "forthright defense of meritocracy." Rufo's entire career is built on the idea of purging people who don't think or look like him from positions of power.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
LOL. Rufo is a fascist whose entire career strategy is racism. The fact that these folks believe anything about the current GOP is colorblind is an indictment of their ability to think, their honesty, their grasp of reality. It‘s also revealing of their political sympathies.
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meka72esq.bsky.social @meka72esq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is horrible to hear.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 02/10/2026
iso cam on Charissa Thompson as she's forced to listen to praise of a rapist
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
Witkoff and Kushner discussed the deal last month during a meeting at the Kremlin with Putin. Here is a shorter overview of our investigation. With my NYT Washington Bureau colleague Anton Troianovski www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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Trump, Putin, Ukraine and an Oil Deal: 5 Takeaways (Gift Article)
A proposal to bolster relations with the Kremlin through the purchase of Russian energy assets is striking even for an administration that regularly mixes personal business interests with foreign poli...
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Is this about him being a slumlord, abjectly incompetent at most everything he’s ever done, failing spectacularly to get a security clearance before President Saggypants got involved, or the ungodly sums of foreign money he’s raking in based off who he married? Because all that is true.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New Fox poll of Texas has Talarico +7 with registered voters and +2 with likely voters. This is striking: *He's winning half of working class *In mid-60s w/Latinos *Winning 22% of non-MAGA Rs (!) The kicker: Non-MAGA Rs *disapprove* of Trump New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2161...
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New Fox Poll—a Disaster for Trump—Rattles Fox Anchors: “Wake Up!”
They were freaking out on Fox News Friday morning over a new Texas poll. A look at the internals shows they had every reason to.
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