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R.Saddler💙

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Serving facts and fighting injustice daily. Democracy doesn’t protect itself—so let’s get to work! #WokeAF

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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Trump Tests the Limits of Farcepolitik
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Trump Tests the Limits of Farcepolitik
Will America join the long line of countries confronting defeat with self-delusion?
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
What Fox and Roku aren’t telling us yet
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What Fox and Roku aren't telling us yet
Six big unanswered questions about Fox's plan to buy Roku.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The Wall the Tohono O’odham Don’t Want
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The Wall the Tohono O’odham Don’t Want
Trump threatens Native sovereignty in Arizona.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
It's a Shame but True
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
One of the largest air attacks of the full-scale war came right after the so-called “parade ceasefire.”
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This ABC Showdown Is Different
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This ABC Showdown Is Different
The network is now in a stronger position to defend itself against the FCC.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
For What AI Could Do to Democracies, Look to the Petrostates
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For What AI Could Do to Democracies, Look to the Petrostates
Societies will become richer, but history suggests that wealth may not be equally distributed.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The Real Reason Republicans Are Dropping out of Midterm Races Before They Even Begin
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The Real Reason Republicans Are Dropping Out of Midterm Races Before They Even Begin
November can’t come soon enough.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The Iran war proves that U.S. economic coercion is weakening
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The Iran war proves that U.S. economic coercion is weakening
As U.S. power in the world has slowly declined amid the rise of China and an increasingly multipolar world, the country has lost some of its ability to effectively use economics as a weapon.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The White House Is a Fortress. It’s Not Supposed to Look Like One.
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Another Reason the White House Ballroom Is an Eyesore
Trump’s pet project would contort a White House design that is supposed to emphasize democracy and openness.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
How The Iran War May Play A Role in the Midterms
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How the Iran War May Play a Role in the Midterms
Panelists joined to discuss the economic fallout from the conflict, and more.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
A Requiem for the Voting Rights Act
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For a Time, the U.S. Protected Democracy
A requiem for the Voting Rights Act
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The Next Attorney General Will Probably Be an Election Denier
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The Next Attorney General Will Probably Be an Election Denier
Pam Bondi’s DOJ left election deniers frothing for more. Potential candidates for the attorney general job could give them what they want.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Iran’s Minorities Will Pay the Price for Trump’s War. A battered Iranian regime is looking for scapegoats.
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Iran’s Minorities Will Pay the Price for Trump’s War
A battered Iranian regime is looking for scapegoats.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
What Iran Wants From the War
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What Iran Wants From the War
Coercive bargaining returns to the Persian Gulf.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Trump Is Betraying Iran’s Pro-Democracy Protesters. He toyed with their hopes, raising expectations he never meant to fulfill.
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Trump Is Betraying Iran’s Pro-Democracy Protesters
He toyed with their hopes, raising expectations he never meant to fulfill.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Will Trump deploy U.S. troops to Iran to seize uranium?  Nuclear experts say the seizure of Iran's uranium would be a risky, complicated project that would require a significant ground presence.
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Will Trump deploy U.S. troops to Iran to seize uranium? 
Nuclear experts say the seizure of Iran's uranium would be a risky, complicated project that would require a significant ground presence.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Iran’s Bombing of Qatar Just Made This War a Hell of a Lot More Complicated
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Iran’s Bombing of Qatar Just Made This War a Hell of a Lot More Complicated
I’m sure our administration has contingency plans for this kind of wider war. Let’s ask the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who has been saying some crazy things lately.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The Hostile Corporate Takeover of an Entire Country
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The Hostile Corporate Takeover of an Entire Country
What Trump wrought in Venezuela could have come from a Wall Street playbook.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
What Trump May Do if He Loses in Iran. The president’s go-to playbook in the face of defeat would be especially dangerous in the context of war.
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What Trump May Do if He Loses in Iran
The president’s go-to playbook in the face of defeat would be especially dangerous in the context of war.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
James Talarico’s Campaign Is Breaking the Brains of American Evangelicals. Turns out, Jesus has no political party. But don’t tell these guys that.
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James Talarico’s Campaign Is Breaking the Brains of American Evangelicals
Turns out, Jesus has no political party. But don’t tell these guys that.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
What If the United States Seizes Kharg Island?
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The Trouble With Seizing Kharg Island
The Trump administration is contemplating a move that could end or escalate the Iran war.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
US intelligence elevates AI as a top global threat in new report
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US intelligence elevates AI as a top global threat in new report
Annual assessment of Office of the Director of National Intelligence notes AI's use in combat, economic competitiveness—but skips disinformation.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
What’s Going on With the IRS?
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What’s Going on With the IRS?
The Trump administration’s budget cuts are looming over Tax Day.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
There’s a Reason No President Before Trump Authorized War With Iran
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There’s a Reason No President Before Trump Authorized War With Iran
How this war ends is as uncertain as the reasons for starting it.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Trump Had No Plan B for Iran. And it shows.
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Trump Had No Plan B for Iran
And it shows.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
‘A Moment of Grave Peril’ Aid agencies warn that the Iran war will deepen humanitarian crises across the region.
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‘A Moment of Grave Peril’
Aid agencies warn that the Iran war will deepen humanitarian crises across the region.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done. Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.
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Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done
Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Deepfakes are Already Shaping Opinions Around Conflicts. Governments and companies must do more to detect and debunk them.
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Deepfakes Are Already Shaping Opinions Around Conflicts
Governments and companies must do more to detect and debunk them.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Trump May Not Be Able to End This War
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Trump May Not Be Able to End This War
The Islamic Republic is designed to endure crises and fight asymmetric conflicts.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
A New Level of Vaccine Purgatory
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A New Level of Vaccine Purgatory
A judge suspended the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee but also said that the agency should be consulting it before making recommendations.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Trump’s War Lacks a Marketing Plan. Why does a president who loves selling not want to pitch this conflict?
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Trump Isn’t Even Trying to Sell This War
Has the salesman in chief gotten rusty?
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The Republican Party Continues Eating Its Own. What one lawmaker’s defection from the GOP says about the state of politics.
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The Republican Party Continues Eating Its Own
What one lawmaker’s defection from the GOP says about the state of politics
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Did Trump plan the war with Iran months earlier?
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DebbieDeb 🩷✨ @debdebbiedebbie.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
NEWS: Iran Escalates War After Trump Declares Victory, Iranian Hackers Hit U.S. Company, Allies Admit They Don’t Know Trump’s Plan open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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NEWS: Iran Escalates War After Trump Declares Victory, Iranian Hackers Hit U.S. Company, Allies Admit They Don’t Know Trump’s Plan
Good morning, everyone.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Trump Cares a Little Too Much About Shoes. Doesn’t he have more important things to think about?
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Trump Cares a Little Too Much About Shoes
Doesn’t he have more important things to think about?
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The X algorithm really is trying to radicalize you—researchers just proved it
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The X algorithm really is trying to radicalize you—researchers just proved it
A new study shows that X’s ‘For you’ algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes traditional media, shifting users’ opinions to the right.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I don’t think unconditional surrender is imminent.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I keep seeing people ask about the 25th Amendment. Guys. His entire Cabinet is walking around in shoes that don’t fit because they’re scared to take them off. The 25th is never happening.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 11/03/2026
Exclusive: HSI, a branch of DHS that usually investigates drug cartels and human-trafficking networks, is probing the 2020 election results in Arizona, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Sarah Fitzpatrick, and Nick Miroff report: theatln.tc/HJwh0Oqs
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
@maddow.bsky.social l just watched a YouTube video using what sounds like a perfect AI clone of your voice telling a completely bogus story about Judge Aileen Cannon. It almost fooled me. Sharing because how real this fake AI voice was and it’s kinda scary. youtu.be/5MI-rDM2o8c
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CANNON FLIPPED — Secret Recordings From Inside Her Chambers Revealed | Rachel Maddow
YouTube video by News Shock
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Few U.S. Doctors Have Seen Measles in Person. That’s a Problem.
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Few U.S. Doctors Have Seen Measles in Person. That's a Problem.
As the risk of measles mounts, health care workers face an unusual challenge: Many don't know what it looks like.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Trump’s War Is Taking a Toll on Aviation. The $8 trillion air freight industry faces huge challenges due to the war in the Middle East.
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Trump’s War Is Taking a Toll on Aviation
The $8 trillion air freight industry faces huge challenges due to the war in the Middle East.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The Texas Senate Runoffs Are Going to Be a Bloodbath
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The Texas Senate Runoffs Are Going to Be a Bloodbath
I can’t wait for Ken Paxton and John Cornyn to shred each other over the next 12 weeks.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Trump assaulted renewable energy. Now America is more vulnerable to Iran fossil fuel shocks
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Trump assaulted renewable energy. Now America is more vulnerable to Iran’s fossil fuel shocks
Oil and gas prices are affected by global factors. Countries that invested in clean tech are better positioned as the Middle East crisis escalates.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
What this Texas Republican primary revealed about the politics of AI data centers. Sid Miller warned that server farms were swallowing farmland and draining rural water supplies. Republican voters weren’t persuaded.
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What this Texas Republican primary revealed about the politics of AI data centers
Sid Miller warned that server farms were swallowing farmland and draining rural water supplies. Republican voters weren’t persuaded.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
OpenAI Is Opening the Door to Government Spying. Whether it means to or not.
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OpenAI Is Opening the Door to Government Spying
Whether it means to or not
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Trump Has Lost the Plot in Iran
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Trump Has Lost the Plot in Iran
Tehran hopes that he will declare a hollow victory and abort the mission.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Trump’s Unauthorized War. The Constitution grants Congress, not the president, the power to mobilize the military—and for good reason.
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Trump’s Unauthorized War
The Constitution grants Congress, not the president, the power to mobilize the military—and for good reason.
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R.Saddler💙 @politicspr.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Anyone Else Worried About the New Virus That’s Hitting California? I’m sure RFK Jr. isn’t.
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Anyone Else Worried About the New Virus That’s Hitting California?
I’m sure RFK Jr. isn’t.
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