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Social science guy. Cat guy. TV guy. Jersey guy.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h
The best part is when Rateliff takes the mic at 0:55. Watch Bruce watching him.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12h
A whole political movement should be stood up against this arrogant and sociopathic bullshit www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Has Mike Rogers disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Ken Paxton disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Mike Collins disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Jon Husted disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Susan Collins disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Ashley Moody disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Ashley Hinson disavowed Elon Musk yet?
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 03/10/2026
Trump corrupted America's most innovative institution, the National Science Foundation, by stealing $1.4B mandated by Congress for research. 🧪 🧵
A photo of Trump in front of the U.S. National Science Foundation entrance, overlaid headline that reads "Trump admin stole $1.4B for world changing science against the will of congress", with a Stand Up for Science logo beneath it.
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/10/2026
A CNN investigation has found that while Jared Kushner acted as a key Middle East peace negotiator, his private equity firm held the largest stake in an Israeli company backing businesses tied to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, including its largest arms manufacturer. cnn.it/4AIwBQs
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Rob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This would come across a lot better if he hadn’t just lost a war.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Super Intelligence."
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 29/09/2026
It’s almost as if there are more ways to measure the value of work than just the amount of money it makes people.
 A country with fewer social workers and teaching aides, with less study of the arts and history, is a country that’s not investing in its own future.
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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Will every Republican running for office be asked to disavow this Nazi supporter?
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
a president planning military operations based entirely on election cycles is actually a giant scandal
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
💥Ok I see other platforms are blocking this. I met Alex Gibney moons ago at ABCNY (the Association of the Bar for the City of New York). He’s the real deal. Here’s the trailer for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk. Let’s Streisand Effect this: www.firstshowing.net/2026/must-se... 👋🎥
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Must See Full Trailer for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Doc About a Fraudster | FirstShowing.net
"Do we even know this man at all?" Bleecker Street has launched their main official trailer for the must see new documentary film titled simply Musk, about the uber-wealthy tech giant megalomaniac Elo...
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etk-nv.bsky.social @etk-nv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
His products are trash. Don't support the monster. Don't even buy a used one. Buy an alternative EV from Rivian, Lucid, Chevy Equinox or Volt, Hyundai IONIQ, etc. Anything but Tesla.
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
White nationalism. That’s what the Trump regime’s immigration policies are all about. Brown and Black people out. White people in. Doesn’t get any simpler than that. The only immigrants the regime really wants are White Afrikaners: www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
cbsnews.com
Trump administration to welcome up to 17,500 more White South Africans as refugees
The Trump administration is planning to welcome up to 17,500 additional White Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees over the next 12 months, according to a notice sent to Congress.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
theatlantic.com
What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 19/09/2026
The Pentagon says 18 U.S. troops have died in Trump's Iran war. But new reporting from six U.S. officials with direct access to the Pentagon's casualty data, says the real number is higher. Five put the toll at at least 22, while one put it at 23. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
washingtonpost.com
More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm going to say it How is it possible that he skates on this stuff. This is like a Benghazi^2 level of scandal.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
alert the press: it is not normal for the president to be unable to stay conscious during televised events in the Oval Office
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Iran war is going so great that Trump-Hegseth feel the need to constantly lie about it www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
washingtonpost.com
More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
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71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In a normal, functioning democracy, this would end his presidency tonight.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 14/09/2026
This story about Don Jr. wedding … www.propublica.org/article/dona...
propublica.org
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I think tearing down Trump's monstrosities, and scraping all that gold crap off the walls, would be healthy symbolism about recovering the country. In addition, fire all his appointees. He's the guy who wanted Schedule F - the next Dem POTUS should use it, then cancel Schedule F. But use it first.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026
Crowds took to the streets of Dublin to protest Trump’s visit to Ireland, with demonstrators invoking Trump’s ties to Epstein and his alliance with Netanyahu.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/09/2026
mackenzie scott really seems like the only billionaire to figure out that you can be a literal hero to millions with a relative pittance
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/09/2026
just put up a video on this youtu.be/COUIZyAZtkA
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The media double-standard that lets the GOP get away with taking millions from a white supremacist
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We already knew Egyptian intelligence warned Israel ahead of Oct. 7 and the Netanyahu govt dismissed it. Now we learn UAE leader MBZ warned Bibi directly that Hamas was about to try something big. He dismissed that too. One of the worst security failures in history. And followed by so much awful.
haaretz.com
Netanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefs
In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 08/09/2026
Some ground isn’t for building on. Arlington National Cemetery is the final resting place of more than 400,000 service members and their families. A 250-foot arch, with a tourist observation deck, would go up at its entrance, changing that ground forever.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
AN ICE BADGE DOES NOT MAKE CRUELTY LEGAL. Masked, armed agents chased and tackled a citizen in Anaheim. A badge doesn’t override the Fourth Amendment. Know your rights: PAXIS.app. Record safely. Demand accountability. Help keep PAXIS free: GoFundMe.com/PAXIS
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If the American people don’t overwhelmingly reject and repudiate what is happening with this govt, Republican Congress, and Supreme Court this November, then this Republic is doomed. We can survive a criminal regime for a short term, but we can’t survive an ignorant populace.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Later on in that same episode, Kristen Welker spoke with Senator John Kennedy, who has repeatedly praised and hyped Elon Musk, even saying he thought "we ought to give him a medal" for his DOGE work. Were there any questions to the Republican about Musk's recent amplification of white supremacist?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
When they do this, it's not enough to reject the demand. You've got to shove it back in their face, and ask why they never ask Republicans to denounce the racist mass murderer who is their party's top donor and who was given the keys to the federal government to cause mass chaos.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Remember when Kristen Welker would always ask every Republican guest to repudiate the statements of Nick Fuentes, Jack Posobiec, Benny Johnson, or other MAGA racists? Neither do I.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Trump hits a new record high for diesel prices gasprices.aaa.com He's shooting for $6.00!
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AAA Fuel Prices
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“It works best with subjects you’re an expert in” Oh yeah, let’s use it with undergrads
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“When Democrats take the House, they must understand they are not a governing party. They are a dissident movement. Act like it.” @stuartpstevens.bsky.social is a Never-Trump Republican political strategist:
Stuart Stevens @ • 8/29/25
When Democrats take the House, they must understand they are not a governing party. They are a dissident movement.
Act like it.
First day:
- cut off all funding of Exec. Branch
-vote to nationalize Starlink and
SpaceX
-defund ICE
That's the first day.
On the second, get more aggressive.
There is nothing in the middle of the road but yellow lines and dead armadillos.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
They hate him. They really hate him.
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Pete Hegseth’s Ruthless Pentagon Nickname
They hate him.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
As somebody who grew up during the era in which there was a massive public push to reduce teen pregnancy, it’s absolutely wild to me to see people on Fox News now complaining that not enough teens are getting pregnant.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 31/08/2026
The phenomenal singer-songwriter Jesse Welles just wrote a song called "The Nerd Reich" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwz1...
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The Nerd Reich
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/08/2026
Pathetic -- Google is now referring to Lake Ontario as "Lake America"
screencap of Google Maps showing "Lake America"
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Holy shit. Four of the nation's top military commanders, including the Chief of Naval Operations, have privately made it clear to Hegseth that they do not agree with him on extending forces in the War in Iran. wapo.st/4wT23bL
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Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations
A recent classified assessment advised that prolonged large-scale operations in the Middle East risk weakening U.S. capabilities elsewhere.
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“They didn’t treat us like people, like human beings,” said Carlos Téllez-Sanchez, a deportee from Venezuela who was expelled to Liberia. “They can say or do anything to you and there’s nothing you can do.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
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Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE (Gift Article)
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Disgraceful. Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/u...
nytimes.com
Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa
The Trump administration has deported thousands of immigrants to countries where they have no ties. Dozens were on the latest flight, to the Central African Republic.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Of course not. If the media asked Republicans to denounce the white supremacist billionaire who propagates the Great Replacement Theory that has fueled multiple mass shootings and whose DOGE fuckery has now killed millions, then the media would have to ask why they themselves are still on Twitter.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Sarah Longwell: How do we ensure all the fail-boys of the Trump administration have no meaningful future in politics? We continue to drive Trump’s approval rating well below The Bush Line. The most unpopular administration in American history will be an albatross on future political ambitions.
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