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Benjamin Slyngstad @slyngstad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It’s very clear what Ed Sheeran’s music was about all along.
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Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...
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Opinion | Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse (Gift Article)
Silicon Valley’s strange new theology.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/08/2026
So Trump and the White House lied about which plane Trump was on flying out of Turkey, setting up journalists who thought they were on the same plane as the president to possibly be the target of an Iranian attack while he secretly departed on a different one. Words fail.
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Contradicting public statements, Trump took secret flight from Turkey amid Iranian threat
The White House said the president was aboard Air Force One as he left a NATO summit. Instead, his departure included an elaborate ruse that concealed his travel.
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
One of the greatest deceptions of our time is the lie that universal healthcare and raising the minimum wage will somehow “cripple the economy” but billionaires not paying the same tax rate as the rest of us is somehow “healthy for the economy.”
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The most successful political propaganda in our time was convincing millions of people that caring for others and the planet was somehow a threat to America.
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
One of the most successful deceptions of our time was convincing many Americans and Christians to fear diversity more than racism, equality more than misogyny, democracy more than fascism, immigrants more than authoritarians, the poor more than corrupt billionaires and empathy more than cruelty.
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Solutions to all the world's problems #cartoon
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/05/2026
Enten: "It's not just one poll. The five worst polls ever for any president on inflation, they all belong to Donald Trump and they have all occurred in the last month. What we're talking about here is the worst numbers ever. Joe Biden isn't in there. Jimmy Carter isn't in there."
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Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
“The most important thing we can do is to address climate change.” – C. Mark Eakin, the former head of Coral Reef Watch at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Over half of coral reefs bleached during a three-year heat wave » Yale Climate Connections
Climate change is warming ocean waters, putting reefs in peril.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
All of you know Trump is the US president who surrendered in Afghanistan, right? Made a deal in 2020 cutting out the Afghan govt, let thousands of Taliban fighters out of jail in exchange for nothing. I know the "everything in 2020 was Biden's fault, not Trump's" rule, I just don't agree with it.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
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You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Trump's new response to epic GOP losses? Pushing Rs to end early and mail voting entirely. Rather than course correct, the answer is: Gerrymander GOP states, make voting much harder, rig midterms. On the pod, Dem operative Jessica Post is so good on all this: newrepublic.com/article/2028...
newrepublic.com
Unraveling Trump Accidentally Blurts Out Secret Plan to Rig 2026
As Trump’s excuses for GOP losses worsen and he calls for rigging the midterms in response, a Democratic operative explains why his schemes could still be a problem—and how Democrats should respond.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡 @zacheverson.com www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
"According to reporting by [the AP], the project went ahead despite not being formally approved by the National Capital Planning Commission, the federal agency that oversees such operations, which is currently closed due to a nationwide government shutdown." www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
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What to know about Trump’s plan to build $250m White House ballroom
It's the first major structural change to the mansion since extensive renovations under President Truman in 1948.
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moksha42.bsky.social @moksha42.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
One of my heroes. I am absolutely gutted, devastated, and heartbroken. 💔😢💔 #janegoodall
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
“His demands came a day after he ousted the federal prosecutor who failed to charge two adversaries, showing how far Trump has gone in exerting personal control over the Justice Dept and breaching the norm about keeping politics at a distance from law enforcement.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
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Trump Demands That Bondi Move ‘Now’ to Prosecute Foes
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moksha42.bsky.social @moksha42.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
We have a winner. 😂
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two men are sitting on a couch talking to each other . one of the men is wearing a sweater .
ALT: two men are sitting on a couch talking to each other . one of the men is wearing a sweater .
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
This is going to suck for so many different people
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
That Trump and Trumpism are fascist doesn’t explain the sheer vandalism of unleashing mass murdering mayhem via RFK to replace medical/scientific institutions of immense value and prestige with medieval peasant superstitions. That is a criminal madness facilitated by but above and beyond fascism.
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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Not a doctor. Not a scientist. A conspiracy theory spouting ghoul.
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Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
We are being told to trust the government without question by the same folks who have been telling us for years that we should never trust the government.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
He's on a really epic losing streak at home and abroad. What's more, nobody at the G7 (or anywhere) really has any use for him. I don't recall a more impotent, ostracized, poorly thought of president in our modern history. At his parade, at G7, he gives off a very very strong pissed off loser vibe.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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For Trump, This Is a Dress Rehearsal
Ordering the National Guard to deploy in Los Angeles is a warning of what to expect when his hold on power is threatened.
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moksha42.bsky.social @moksha42.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
This.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 06/06/2025
Across the government, the Trump administration is scrambling to rehire many federal employees dismissed under DOGE’s staff-slashing initiatives after wiping out entire offices, in some cases imperiling key services such as weather forecasting and the drug approval process.
washingtonpost.com
Trump races to fix a big mistake: DOGE fired too many people
Across the government, the administration is rehiring federal workers who were forced out or encouraged to resign.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 29/05/2025
I was curious just how much time in prison people pardoned by Trump would otherwise have had to have served. So I added it up: more than 700 years, including 600 among Jan. 6 rioters. Gift link: wapo.st/3Hfd174
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Opinion | Trump has let allies and supporters avoid centuries of prison time
Trump’s pardons have cleared the records of over 230 individuals, including violent rioters and extremists.
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Despicable as always.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
No other developed nation in the world would tolerate the monstrosity that is the GOP's Murder-Suicide Pact with America. It's time to face the fact that virtually every other leading democracy on the planet serves their people better than we do here. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-big-b...
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Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Should Doom the GOP. But It Will Doom Many Americans Too
Trump and the GOP will celebrate its likely passage with a pyrotechnic display of lies, to help them “justify” more tax cuts and other benefits for the rich and powerful.
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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
So Marty Makary wrote that he has no conflicts of interest for his @nejm.org piece and yet he is an executive at the telemedicine company Sesame that sells compounded GLP-1s. Ok. www.statnews.com/2024/11/24/m...
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Trump’s pick to run FDA is top exec of company that provides compounded weight-loss drugs
Trump’s pick to run FDA is top exec of Sesame, a company that provides compounded weight-loss drugs
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
House budget bill would lead bottom income quintile to lose ~4% of their income on average ($800), but top percentile would see their incomes rise 4% (nearly $70,000). If tariffs remain in place, the overall impact on families would be even more regressive. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/dis...
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Distributional Effects of Selected Provisions of the House Reconciliation Bill (Preliminary)
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
NPR published a story 5 days ago about three high ranking Trump officials with clear ties to Hitler-admiring antisemites and it barely made a ripple. These are the kind of stories that used to end political careers. Now the subjects of the stories just hold up a middle finger and keep plowing ahead.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
One dead after large explosion near reproductive health clinic in Palm Springs www.latimes.com/california/s...
latimes.com
One dead after large explosion near reproductive health clinic in Palm Springs
Authorities are investigating after a blast severely damaged American Reproductive Centers, a fertility clinic that offers IVF treatments in the Coachella Valley, along with other nearby buildings.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Someone just bombed a reproductive health clinic in California. www.latimes.com/california/s...
latimes.com
One dead after large explosion near reproductive health clinic in Palm Springs
Authorities are investigating after a blast severely damaged American Reproductive Centers, a fertility clinic that offers IVF treatments in the Coachella Valley, along with other nearby buildings.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/05/2025
Reporter: “An Emirati government-backed firm did a $2 billion deal using the Trump digital coins. How did that deal come about?” Trump: “I don’t know anything about it. I really don’t know anything about it.”
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Shorter version of Powell's opening statement at the Fed presser: 1. The economy was in pretty good shape prior to Tariffmageddon 2. Stagflation is now on the menu 3. Its' top three concerns are tariffs, tariffs, and tariffs
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moksha42.bsky.social @moksha42.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Cowards are those that follow the Dark Side. #maythefourthbewithyou
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Free link to crazy WSJ story about Musk and his “harem drama.” Can’t do it justice with the four-screenshot limit! www.wsj.com/politics/elo...
The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His 'Legion' of Babies-and Their Mothers
The world's richest man juggles more than a dozen children and 'harem drama' along with running his
companies and advising Trump. He recently took a paternity test in a battle with one woman over money and privacy.Musk refers to his offspring as a "legion," a reference to the ancient military units that could contain thousands
of soldiers and were key to extending the reach of the Roman Empire.
During St. Clair's pregnancy, Musk suggested that they bring in other women to have even more of their children faster. "To reach legion-level before the apocalypse," he said to St. Clair in a text message viewed by The Wall Street Journal, "we will need to use surrogates."During the height of her interactions with the billionaire owner, Fong earned $21,000 on the platform in a two-week period in November, according to a screenshot she
posted.
That was about when Musk sent her a direct message asking if she was interested in having his child, according to people familiar with the matter. The two had never met in person.
Fong didn't move forward with Musk because she pictured having children in a more traditional nuclear family, but confided to a few friends about the approach
-including St. Clair, whom she knew as another conservative social-media figure-and how she worried that turning him down could hurt her earnings.Once Musk learned that Fong disclosed the request to others, he chided her for not using discretion, according to the people, and unfollowed her. That contributed to a fall in her engagement, and her earnings declined.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
“…members of the DOGE team asked that their activities not be logged on the system and then appeared to try to cover their tracks behind them, turning off monitoring tools and manually deleting records of their access…” What kind of shady s**t is going on here?? www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/04/2025
vance is a detestable liar and an open enemy of the constitution. the central load bearing factual claim here is completely false and even if it wasn’t the constitution contains two explicit guarantees of due process
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 16/04/2025
This is an openly fascist statement full of open and explicit violations of the Constitution -- not just several amendments, but the Constitution itself, as habeas corpus was deemed so important they didn't wait for a Bill of Rights -- from the Vice President of the United States. The Hague awaits.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you. The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
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moksha42.bsky.social @moksha42.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Thread. 🧵
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14/04/2025
Handling the CFP trophy like it’s the economy
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Why does every member of Trump’s team look like variations of Major Arnold Ernst Toht?
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 08/04/2025
The Justice Department has directed prosecutors to stop pursuing litigation against people committing fraud with digital currency, the latest example of the Trump administration easing up on white-collar crime enforcement.
washingtonpost.com
Justice Dept. says it will pull back on litigating cryptocurrency fraud
In a memo sent to the Justice Department on Monday night, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department will largely stop bringing cases that violate the Bank Secrecy Act or contain unregis...
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Judge Boasberg, a former prosecutor appointed to FISA court by CJ Roberts and a former roommate of Brett Kavanaugh, is hardly a leftist. Good to see him uphold law against Trump admin.
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Amid attacks, Judge Boasberg weighs holding Trump officials in contempt
President Donald Trump and his allies have set their sights on Judge James Boasberg, a veteran judge with a history of bipartisan support and friendships.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Musk has finally reached the "FO" stage
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Philadelphia Science Action @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com · 05/04/2025
Dr. Meena Bewtra of @drsforamerica.bsky.social making us proud and saying #HANDSOFF OUR SCIENCE AND HEALTHCARE in Philadelphia!! @indivisiblephl.bsky.social @50501philadelphia.bsky.social
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