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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 1h

The United States is not a stable democracy. The federal government is preparing to engage in unconstitutional election interference to prop up a deeply corrupt regime. minnesotareformer.com/2026/10/05/r...

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Trump and co. are lying about election fraud and threatening to use that lie to suppress the vote. The United States is not a stable democracy. joycevance.substack.com/p/voter-frau...

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It’s Lake Ontario. It’s the Gulf of Mexico. And THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS.

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It’s Lake Ontario. It’s the Gulf of Mexico. And THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS.

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Sometimes there’s a little good news. www.wired.com/story/the-ai...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The rapid way in which this has just become an accepted daily feature of American politics, rather than an immediate presidency-ending scandal, is yet another reminder that @tompepinsky.com was right a decade ago, despite all the people who didn’t want to hear it then & still don’t now.

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Life in authoritarian states is mostly boring and tolerable

Americans have an overly dramatic view what the end of democracy looks like.

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The U.S. Supreme Court in its current form is an existential threat to U.S. democracy.

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The August 13th installment of @hcrichardson.bsky.social's newsletter succinctly demonstrates the depth and breadth of corruption and immorality ever present in the Trump regime's behavior. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-13-...

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August 13, 2026

Today Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board voted to put Trump’s name back on the Kennedy Center, this time in letters saying the building was “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J.

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The billionaire class is a critical threat to U.S. democracy. There’s a pun in here somewhere about “going for broke.” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The overwhelming right wing sentiment is that COVID was an engineered bioweapon that was also harmless. Trump overreacted to it by shutting down the country, then engineered a drive to create a vaccine that was the real bioweapon that killed millions, and it's Joe Biden's fault.

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This is the kind of unaccountable, money = speech politics for which we can thank the Supreme Court. They full intend to ram uninhibited AI down the public's throat. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

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Big Tech’s Money Men Don’t Care About the Backlash

Meet the two political brawlers unleashing the AI industry’s massive cash on the midterms.

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The Regime's efforts to whitewash extrajudicial killings continue apace. This is a deep and abiding threat to our public safety and fundamental rights. newrepublic.com/post/213229/...

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FBI Stops Investigating ICE Confrontations After 3 Deadly Incidents

ICE was involved in back-to-back deadly shootings, and then during a third confrontation, a man died as he was running from immigration agents.

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The Regime continues to threaten the integrity of our elections on the basis of its own lies. The U.S.A. is not a stable democracy. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

@hcrichardson.bsky.social shows us the purpose of Trump’s speech this week and how it relates to the greater right-wing authoritarian project. The accusations against “communists” and “the Left” are spurious, acts of projection and confession. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-17-2026

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July 17, 2026

Yesterday President Donald J.

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

@pkrugman.bsky.social nails the point of last night's speech. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-cant... 👇👇

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The most disturbing aspect of Trump’s speech was not its content, lies and lunatic conclusions, but the fact he’d give it and think it helps justify his case for restricting our voting rights and meddling in November’s election. He doesn’t think he needs facts to support his assault on democracy.

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The speech was bloviating and lies, but with the purpose of creating a permission structure to attack and attempt to overturn unfavorable election results. I hope that we the people won’t allow it.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Feels like tonight was a turning point for many (not all, but many) mainstream media orgs. They knew in advance that Trump would spew lies, and they were ready with deep skepticism and thorough factchecks. Even Fox (for its own reasons ofc) was like “whoa fella” Good to see. Hope it keeps up.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026

My takeaway from that speech is that we are headed down the road of Trump trying to outright rig elections. It probably won't work, but he's going for it.

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 17/07/2026

So Trump’s position is that elections under him were the most corrupt in the world, then Biden was elected (by the Communist Party of China) and four years later they all oversaw a fair election that he won

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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

In advance of this evening, a reminder: The lies about the 2020 election are racist tropes intended to exclude minority Americans from political power to protect the racial status quo

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

U.S. security forces are committing extrajudicial killings. These are grave human rights violations. This is a horrible truth we have to face.

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The corruption is real and flagrant: newrepublic.com/post/213087/...

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

“Let me get this straight: you hired people, overpaid them, and they did a bad job. Who did you get? YOU?” 👏 😆 - Amber Ruffin on the Reflecting Pool

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Per @pkrugman.bsky.social, it's not just the war itself (which is bad enough), but also the permission structure for domestic repression that Trump & co. are trying to set up with the war as a pretext. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-foreve...

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

“Let me get this straight: you hired people, overpaid them, and they did a bad job. Who did you get? YOU?” 👏 😆 - Amber Ruffin on the Reflecting Pool

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

We are now in a scenario where our own federal government may be the single biggest threat to free and fair elections in this country. The U.S. is not a healthy democracy. www.npr.org/2026/06/16/n...

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

We are now in a scenario where our own federal government may be the single biggest threat to free and fair elections in this country. The U.S. is not a healthy democracy. www.npr.org/2026/06/16/n...

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Dissecting what polls actually mean not what pundits want you to think they mean. The "strategists' fallacy" makes for bad campaigning and national Dem leadership is up to their eyeballs in it. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-06-12...

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Important piece on the damage the Regime is doing to American scientific research by politicizing the funding process. It's gonna set us back a generation 😢. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/new-omb-ru...

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New OMB rule could break science in the United States

What a new proposed rule from OMB could mean, and how you can help

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Brutal but accurate.

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

An informative and worthwhile read. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/o...

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Opinion | This Is the Formula That Defeated Orban. It Would Defeat Trump, Too.

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The Republican Party is a rotted institution. This is about Colorado’s primary, but these candidates are typical MAGA nationwide. #ThereAreNoAdultsInTheRoom youtube.com/shorts/lIHQo...

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Colorado Primary #lastweektonight

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Jim Crow 2.0, per @joycewhitevance.bsky.social joycevance.substack.com/p/alabamas-m...

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Patrick Finnegan @pfinns.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Once again @adamserwer.bsky.social proves to be one of the most insightful and clear-eyed analysts of U.S. politics, connecting historical Jim Crow racism to the selective "colorblindness" of the SCOTUS's right wing. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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