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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 43m
“when placed under mild authoritarian pressure, an extraordinary number of powerful Americans, ostensibly honorable and right-thinking, quickly revealed themselves to be cowardly and unprincipled and made of the wrong stuff.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/b...
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Why Did These Powerful People Kowtow to Donald Trump?
In “Profiles in Cowardice,” Jacob Weisberg offers a grim twist on John F. Kennedy’s collection of heroic biographies.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h
"I’m not even sure this is a bandaid on a bullet hole. It’s more like a bandaid on an open-heart surgery. And Trump is too dumb to understand it."
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He’s Desperate, Stupid, Weak, and Desperate
Trump panics over diesel and begs Putin for help.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 6h
In 1987 Trump visited Moscow. Since then, "He has changed his mind about abortion and crypto, he has supported different political parties, but his dislike of America’s democratic allies and his preference for Russia have remained remarkably consistent." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21h
🚨BREAKING: Georgia appeals Court REJECTS Republican effort to restrict ballot return access in the state's second-largest county. A victory for DSCC and Jon Ossoff for Senate! www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
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🚨Republican National Committee v. Hancock
Learn more here.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 21h
Abolish ICE.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 21h
"The amount of fuel Russia could export is too small, the impact on pricing too slight, the narrative too late to shape electoral outcomes: This looks, instead, like something very different: an abrupt, Hail Mary attempt to force Ukraine to surrender" www.theatlantic.com/idea/2026/10...
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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 21h
Executing a search warrant while early voting is underway in Minnesota, on an old, moldy "crime" is all you need to know about the motivation here. Absolutely no reason not to wait until the second week of November. It's abundantly clear that this is about politics, not a legitimate prosecution.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22h
This is simply not generating either the volume or tone of scandal coverage that effectively ended Joe Biden's presidency when he was unable to produce a surgically-clean implementation of Donald Trump's totally unplanned & poorly timed withdrawal from Afghanistan: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22h
Everything about the raid on Rep. Omar’s residence is shameful. Everyone involved should lose their jobs. For a start.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2026
There is, writes @davidfrum.bsky.social, an "implicit quid pro quo in these lucrative deals offered to Trump’s family and friends: If you compel Ukraine to surrender, we will enrich you beyond reckoning" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin
The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
With Toby Harnden. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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t Was Never About Oil: Iraq, Afghanistan and the Conspiracy Theories That Followed (Toby Harnden)
Podcast Episode · Mission Implausible · October 12 · 51m
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...
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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
1/ It looks like Putin told Trump that Ukraine was causing high gas prices, a lie that is convenient for Trump.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Trump administration must stop buying and airing taxpayer-funded advertisements featuring President Donald Trump for the pivotal midterm elections, a federal judge said in a win for pro-democracy groups. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump’s taxpayer-funded propaganda ads halted by federal judge
The Trump administration must stop buying and airing taxpayer-funded advertisements featuring President Donald Trump for the pivotal midterm elections, a federal judge said in a win for pro-democracy ...
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Can’t post this enough times
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
An irony of this era is that Trump’s opponents and Trump share the same exact opinions about Trump supporters bsky.app/profile/acyn...
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 11/10/2026
I'm ready.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?
Elon Musk: “Zelensky has gone too far”

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109033017184338141
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Weakness is dangerous, and Trump is dangerously weak. And, as weaklings do, he blames others for his own failures, and thereby makes everything worse." My latest essay: "War Through Weakness: Trump’s Superpower Suicide in Iran and Russia" snyder.substack.com/p/war-throug...
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War Through Weakness
Trump’s Superpower Suicide in Iran and Russia
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026
Ukraine has repeatedly offered cease fires and Russia has always refused
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Mike Rogers spent over two decades in Washington advocating for forever wars in the Middle East and has been a staunch advocate for Donald Trump's illegal war in Iran. Watch our new ad, "War."
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Very refreshing to hear an elected official speaking articulately. I reckon we will be hearing a lot more from Senator Ossoff in the next few years.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Nicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump is a filthy bastard. His collusion with russia amounts to high treason. While Moscow continues to escalate its massacres of Ukrainians, Trump is offering criminals money. It's a strong incentive for the Ukrainians to bomb russian refineries even more—the Europeans must help them decisively.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is what Christo-fascism looked like — specifically the Romanian fascism of the 1930s. Hegseth is a Christo-fascist. (1/3)
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Reuters: “The Republican president filed his appeal after a federal judge threw out ‌the case and imposed nearly $1 million in sanctions against Trump and one of his lawyers for bringing a ‘frivolous’ suit.”
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Trump takes suit against Hillary Clinton over 2016 election to Supreme Court
President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to revive his dismissed lawsuit against his 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton accusing her of conspiring along with former ​FBI Director...
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The crowd for Turnstile’s show was fired up for James Talarico 🔥
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Mt. Pleasant! YOU did that. WE are going to win.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump announces that the U.S. will buy Russian oil. This is just a few weeks after Trump signed the Lindsey Graham Russia Sanctions bill, which authorized him to place 100% tariffs on countries that are the biggest importers of Russian oil/gas. Are we going to tariff ourselves now?
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
❗️ After Trump-Putin talks, Russia will receive $4.5 billion, — Russian media
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 09/10/2026
Team of Mercenaries by @GrahamDavidA www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Trump’s Team of Mercenaries
People around the president are using their roles to cash in. They learned it by watching him.
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Lauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Scoop: In 2014, Ken Paxton sat for a deposition where federal lawyers quizzed him about his growing wealth and investment tactics. The depo has never been made public. We got a copy. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
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Inside Ken Paxton’s Private Testimony About His Money
A leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate’s growing wealth and his tactics for defending himself.
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Ben Cohen @partisanusa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Anything coming out of the WH is Super Stupid!
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Anything coming out of the WH is Super Stupid!
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Are you winning yet?
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: Willie Nelson endorses James Talarico: “I've gotten to know James Talarico. He's a good man, who will be a good senator for the state of Texas. Please vote and vote for James Talarico.“
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Before he was appointed, Kash Patel was flagged by FBI counterintelligence agents as being deeply enmeshed in influence operations run by the Russians and Chinese. After he took over, Patel began systematically eliminating all Russian and Chinese counterintelligence capacity. What to make of that?
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As Trump focuses the FBI on immigration, counterintelligence is falling behind
The cuts come as a consequence of President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel's focus on violent crime and immigration, leaving other priorities understaffed.
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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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Ben Cohen @partisanusa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Drop off your ballots at a polling place!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote, according to new records analyzed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE  probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ahead of a $39 billion 10-year note auction at 1p.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What a hedline: @apnews.com apnews.com/article/midt...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
She speaks the truth. 💯 👇
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There is a suspected outbreak of the plague in Russia. Yes, you read that right. And we cannot trust RFK Jr. and the Trump administration to be prepared to deal with this. We need a Democratic public health doctor in the US Senate.
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Scoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia
Administration is "aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options," an official told Axios.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The FBI pushed out the executive over its cyber division. Reassigned up to half its cyber agents to immigration raids. Then got robbed through its own help-wanted page. Today: how to build the perfect victim, one pink slip at a time. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One thing we know for certain. Russia is the best in the world at lying and hiding these things. saltypolitics.substack.com/p/breaking-w...
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Breaking: What Russia May Be Hiding About the Plague
A likely case of pneumonial plague is prompting questions the Kremlin won’t answer
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Corrupt taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The bottom 20% spends 17% of pre-tax income on energy... top 20%? Just 2.7% JPMAM
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Our failure to support Ukraine will be a forever stain. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/w...
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Russia Is Planning Its Most Powerful Blow Yet to Try to Freeze Ukraine
Ukraine showed European partners what it said were intercepted Russian plans to cut off major cities from power, heat and water this winter.
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