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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

No doubt the academic freedom lovers who are currently so exercised about the suspension of a racist in Belgium will be swinging into action

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 05/08/2026

This guy never served. He faked an injury to avoid the draft. None of his children have served. He called those who did serve their country "suckers and losers." He skipped the centenary memorial for servicemen who died in WWI because it was drizzling. This is more than usually repellent.

Trump AI slop post showing him on the battlefield in a general's uniform flanked by bad AI versions of Patton and MacArthur

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We're being forced to rerun the bloody lessons that led to the laws of armed combat, as "it's stupid and weak that we can't do this to them" inevitably leads to "oh no, now they're trying to do this to us, and it's ultimately better for everyone, including us, if no one does."

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Accurate AF.

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Buddy Stone @buddystone.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

An administration that spent years aggressively banning transgender troops from serving under the guise of stopping "medical dependency" and "taxpayer-funded hormones" is now setting up a massive, government-funded pipeline for gender-affirming hormone therapy.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/07/2026

this is one of the many small changes Trump is making in his attempt to manipulate the midterms

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Under Trump: -An ExxonMobil lawyer runs DOJ's Environment division -An Amazon executive runs OSHA -A crypto and prediction markets lawyer runs the CFTC -A private prison executive runs ICE The list goes on... The revolving door is spinning out of control.

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

No words needed

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

This rejection of a review of the defamation standard is an important victory for the free press. Thomas and Gorsuch have advocated for eroding the actual malice standard.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/06/2026

Nothing matters any more.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/06/2026

Congress is getting ready to remove the requirement that shell companies register their real owners. The bill "will restore America’s status as the leading offshore haven"

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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 14/06/2026

When people in Washington lower their voices and say, “Please don’t use my name. I’m afraid he’ll come after my family’s livelihood,” it means something has broken. People no longer trust the law to protect them.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Hey, Mike, let me explain: Pete Hegseth (your SECDEF with white supremacy tattoos) follows a whack-job pastor named Wilson out of can’t-make-this-up👉🏻Moscow, Idaho. Lots of Mormons in Idaho, so when Wilson says his neighbors r deceived by the devil and worship satan, he’s talking about your people

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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

In what world is this anything other than a blatant violation of the emoluments clause? Is Trump literally going to profit directly from an event he is hosting at the White House, charging admission for and receiving proceeds from the tickets?

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

This is the crux of my argument in this piece: Let's not play dumb about the real intent behind Trump/MAGA bullying Dems to accept the ballroom, which is to get them to symbolically submit to dictatorial rule by getting them to genuflect before Trump's building of a Caesar-like monument to himself.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/05/2026

It's probably the most consequential and crippling change in US politics in a half-century and basically nobody said shit about it. Everyone, including establishment Dems and the mainstream media, just shrugged. Oh well I guess that's how things are now. No more legislating.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/05/2026

Meanwhile the California grid now boasts the equivalent of 12 nuclear power plants worth of batteries -- the total cost of which was, I suspect, less than a single nuclear plant.

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California’s Battery Array Is as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Power Plants. Here’s What’s on the Horizon. - Inside Climate News

An expert in the state’s energy grid explains how the state is faring amid federal cuts.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Walking in a straight line is hard.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Barney Frank: Don't make the most controversial stuff into litmus tests This guy:

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/05/2026

When President Obama was running for office in 2008, his call to service inspired me to work at the VA to help veterans. I often ask Trump supporters what he’s done to inspire them to be better, and I can’t ever get an answer.

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Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

A deranged shooter racing through a hotel to shoot the President is a real wake-up call … on the need for g̵u̵n̵ ̵c̵o̵n̵t̵r̵o̵l̵ a gigantic ballroom. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Trump, allies use dinner shooting to press case for White House ballroom

A White House ballroom would be far more secure than any hotel facility, Trump says, as he and his allies argue that Saturday’s shooting bolsters their case.

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Good news: “After years of growth fueled by the war, Russia’s economy contracted by 1.8 percent in the first two months of the year, compared with the same period in 2025.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/w...

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As Putin Orders That the Economy Be Fixed, Russia Grasps for Solutions

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Rick Shenkman @rickshenkman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Let’s hope none of these geniuses start telling NASA how math works.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Stop buying the claim that Trump is obsessed with 2020; we already have eyewitnesses who say he knows he lost. What he *is* obsessed with is (a) the narrative of 2020, and *far* more importantly (b) how that election can be leveraged to steal 2026 and 2028 and end our democracy.

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Orban became to the far-right what Fidel Castro had once been to the far-left: a beau ideal. He pioneered the attacks on immigrants & globalist elites that have become standard populist fare.He attracted gullible fellow travelers such as Tucker Carlson to extol his supposed successes. bit.ly/4mr52EH

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Opinion | Orban’s defeat shows the Achilles’ heel of populist power

Formerly ascendant European right-wing parties are in retreat, a possible omen Trump’s MAGA movement.

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Orban showing more class and more respect for democracy than Trump did in 2020.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

He's also made more threats in the last year and a half than he did in his first four year term.

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Rick Shenkman @rickshenkman.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The mistake we made in Vietnam when we thought if we just hit the enemy hard enough, he will surrender. Same mistake was made by Saddam Hussein in 1980 when he invaded Iran on the assumption, they were weak. Can’t we learn from history question

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

How much is Trump getting paid to make campaign ads for the Democrats?

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Given that a large number of Trump pardon recipients turn out to be repeat offenders, maybe Congress should pass a law providing for enhanced penalties for anyone who gets a pardon and commits a subsequent crime.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Excursion = Quagmire

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

puff puff pass the penicillin

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

“The former official said he doesn't think Trump is playing ‘the sort of three-dimensional chess people ascribe to decisions like this. More often than not he's just eating the pieces.’"

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

A baffling interview. She directly misstates the Constitution more than once - suggesting a pre-high school civics grasp on the matters at hand - then shifts after being pressed into a more sophisticated defense of the president bypassing Congress.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Donald Trump wears lifts. Markwayne Mullin stands on a platform. We've turned the keys of the kingdom over to men overcompensating for their insecurities.

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

In WhatsApp conversations leaked to the Miami Herald, participants used variations of the n-word more than 400 times, regularly described women as “whores,” used slurs to talk about Jewish and gay people and mused about Hitler’s politics.

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

American Gestapo

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Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The US is now wasting $4 million Patriot missiles on $20,000 Iranian drones. "Stupid is as stupid does." If the US had a professional president, he would ask Ukraine for technical assistance with cheap drone interceptors, but the US has Trump who instead insults Zelensky.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

This flew under the radar, but Trump's DOJ has abandoned its legal assault on the law firms that courageously refused to bend the knee to him. This should serve as a reminder for the firms that sucked up to Trump: appeasing a tyrant will get you nowhere.

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Trump administration drops effort against law firms after judges find president's orders unconstitutional

Numerous judges have ruled against Trump's executive orders targeting certain law firms.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Nothing to worry about, just crazy people handling an erratic authoritarian president a blueprint for an unconstitutional power grab to try to take over the American election system

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

“The court is not aware of another occasion in the history of the US in which a federal court has had to threaten contempt—again & again & again—to force the US govt. to comply with court orders” *210* violations of court orders in MN alone according to Reagan-appointed judge x.com/rparloff/sta...

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

American Gestapo

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