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"the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous & humbling & joyful, by which we arrive at the ground at our own feet, & learn to be at home.”-Wendell Berry

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h
Will any reporter ask the President of the United States to name the five specific states where he alleges that public school teachers are deciding -- all on their own initiative, over the objections of the parents -- to force their children into gender-affirming surgeries? Seems like a big story?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Elon is dumping mountains of money into the midterms to help Republicans. Spoiler: it isn’t to make life better for regular people — It’s to enrich himself, spread data centers, get government contracts, etc… he does not care about you. www.instagram.com/p/DeaJjWxl0H...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
More insider trading and war profiteering from inside the White House Billions made. Investigators were then told to stand down. Off the charts corruption.
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
greatest economy in the history of the world
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Elon Musk is one of the most dangerous people in the world. Twitter is a right wing propaganda tool. There are far too many folks out there pretending otherwise.
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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
In case you ever thought this multibillion-dollar Republican propaganda machine was a news organization. x.com/foxnewspolit...
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Shoshie Rules @shoshierules.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Read Brian... "Trump’s presidency is failing, yet his incompetence is almost beside the point...He’s hemorrhaging support because he’s a greedy, resentful crook, sabotaging the country to satisfy his sadistic hatred of his opposition, and then to loot whatever’s left."
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“Another US president would be pressuring Russia to stop slaughtering innocents. Trump is instead giving them the means to kill more.” Me on Trump’s darkest turn yet against Ukraine. as.ft.com/r/0f7ee7f8-3...
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Why Trump is going for Zelenskyy’s jugular
No matter how much America’s allies urge the president to back Ukraine, he cannot forgive its leader for showing up his dealmaking impotence
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Really unpopular things: -data centers -overt bigotry -CSAM -billionaires trying to buy elections -Hitler salutes -stealing people’s personal data -South African Apartheid -causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of children Fighting against Elon Musk is a political winner
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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
thehill.com/homenews/adm... #USDemocracy #ProudBlue Mark Wayne Mullin says live-streaming the execution of Nidal Hasan part of “restoring American values” People like Mullin and Bloody Pete Hegseth have no idea what true America values are. Live streaming a mans death is not an America value
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Mullin says livestreaming Hasan execution is part of ‘restoring American values’
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin stood behind the Trump administration’s decision to livestream the military execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, de…
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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
They theobro’d so hard they made Coach break character.
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Jesus supporting the death penalty because he himself was put to death is the kind of shitposting to which I aspire
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The New Testament clearly supports the death penalty for civil authorities
Christ Himself accepted the death penalty
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Jack, as a Christian you are supposed to view the violent Old Testament as fulfilled and move on to the teaching of Jesus Christ in the New Testament. And he was not violent.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 10/10/2026
“Thiel and Vance both have the Antichrist entirely upside down: speaking from positions of immense power, they are using the idea as a tool to further their own power—precisely what the concept is meant to warn against.” Smart @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social piece: www.thebulwark.com/p/jd-vance-p...
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How Vance and Thiel Get the Antichrist Backwards
One is doing a bit of cynical pandering, the other is condemning anyone opposed to the tech future—and neither is willing to look in the mirror.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This man is insane. But you can count on US corporate media not to report what he said and did. "At what was supposed to be a rally for other Republican candidates in Syracuse, New York, the US president devoted a long portion of his speech airing his grievances with the Nobel committee.
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Trump fumes over Nobel peace prize snub and criticizes Norway
President complains about not winning prize in year he started war with Iran and says: ‘We will not forget, Norway’
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/10/2026
It doesn’t matter what Trump says about his ads being public service, the lawsuit against the administration argues. It’s clear what’s he’s up to.
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You’re Funding Trump’s New Ads
But will he ever pay you back?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
He’s mad our country is run by crooks and murderers and so am I. I’m no longer interested in negotiating with these people and neither is he.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 10/10/2026
This is a betrayal. "Zelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian diesel. President says deal essential to lower US fuel prices but move set to create fresh crisis with Ukraine and Nato allies" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Zelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian diesel
President says deal essential to lower US fuel prices but move set to create fresh crisis with Ukraine and Nato allies
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 09/10/2026
Hard to overstate how much Hegseth's execution stream mirrors the U.S. military's traditional description of ISIS propaganda: broadcast killings designed to send a message, strike fear and create a social media spectacle. Will almost certainly be repurposed by online terror cells
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 09/10/2026
Imagine if the dumbest person in the world and humanity's biggest asshole were the same person, and that guy was president. Then imagine he started a war with Iran. Now check the news. Published March 20, 2026: trib.al/Qwjpqd0
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Trump’s War With Iran Is a Product of His Deep Stupidity
There’s a simple and obvious reason we’re in this mess.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2026
most cucked man alive
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The last thing Trump wants is be involved in an anticorruption group because he's very pro-corruption. He's made it clear for decades he thinks bribery and corruption should be legal, because "that's the way it's done."
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Jesus said "Blessed are the peacemakers" not "blessed are the warmongers." Christian nationalism is unChristian and unAmerican. It is a Christ-like and patriotic act to oppose Christian nationalism.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🔥 @warnock.senate.gov: “If Trump thought it was a good economy, he’d be taking credit. But his whole administration keeps saying ‘BIDEN, BIDEN, BIDEN’ because they know things are TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE.”
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is now a standard part of Trump's campaign stump, a direct threat to voters: if you elect Democrats, I won't send you FEMA money, and I may take away your Medicare and Medicaid, too. These transcripts will be useful for litigation to follow.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump is set to *expand* his corrupt taxpayer-funded ads starring himself. Meanwhile, a new poll finds his approval among independents at 25% and on the economy that's 23%. Brilliant, Mr. President! On the pod, @davidcorn.bsky.social rips this all apart very well: newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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Trump TV Ads Backfire as New Poll Shows He’s Shockingly Toxic for GOP
As the saga around Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads grows more absurd, the author of a piece exploring Trumpian propaganda explains why no amount of disinfo can protect the GOP from Trump.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
New in PN: Scenes from a personality cult "The ads are unambiguously illegal — & that’s the point. Again & again, this regime has broken the law not just to accomplish some immediate goal, but as a dominance display to say to everyone: Donald Trump does whatever he wants, & nobody can stop him."
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Scenes from a personality cult
Trump’s taxpayer-funded agitprop is clearly illegal — and that’s the point.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Eric Schmitt is what happens when a state becomes so red that you don’t need to be a talented politician to become a US Senator. And to be fair, there are examples of this in blue states too. Iron sharpens iron.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: It's hard these days for members of Congress to transcend the news cycle with viral moments in committee hearings. Sen. Schmitt today raised the bar with an allegation against Jack Smith that imploded in real time. w/ Chris Marquette www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Republicans wanted Jack Smith to give them a smoking gun. They got a gaffe instead.
The former special counsel’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee was marked by personal insults rather than new revelations.
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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Do not let them convince you that we must choose between enforcing the law and preserving our humanity. For this administration, cruelty is the whole game.
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cruel, sadistic, and predictable from the partisan hacks on the Roberts Court.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"A group of pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere... to preach and sell white supremacy, antisemitism and patriarchy to angry young men..." religionnews.com/2026/09/24/t...
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The rise of the Jim Crow theobros
(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell ...
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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There is no psychiatric treatment powerful enough to break the right's collective hallucination about 2020. Like, literally none of this even came close to happening.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
These are the people who have betrayed their fellow Americans by supporting a criminal who is ruining our country. The stain of what they have done can never be washed away.
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Ben Carlson @bencarlson007.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
7% mortgage rates 4% unemployment 5% bond yields 4% cash yields $100 oil $5 gas prices 3.4% inflation Basically all-time highs in the stock market Basically all-time lows in consumer sentiment Something for everyone right now Strange times
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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 22/09/2026
Are we to believe an administration that has pardoned MULTIPLE wealthy executives convicted of Medicare fraud is acting in good faith to reduce fraud? They are not. JD Vance and Trump will use ANY excuse to take health care away from working people.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Total collapse: 70% say his Iran war has hurt the US 75% say he has no plan for the war 76% say the war isn't worth the costs
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
He knows who his friends are. They flatter him, give him gifts, and never challenge his lies. It's the truth tellers he sees as his enemies.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 22/09/2026
A few hours-long raid on Venezuela is a war. But a conflict with Iran that has lasted for months and killed thousands of Iranians, including a whole school building full of kids and about 2 dozen Americans, that has critically depleted our forces and upended the global economy: that’s an excursion.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 17/09/2026
"I can't believe the Deport All the Latinos candidate is deporting Latinos in my district. I was completely blindsided by this" bsky.app/profile/phil...
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The gaslighting (pun intended) will continue until morale improves
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Credit to Jon Karl for fact checking Steve Scalise on this 'but Biden took 400 press credentials' bullsh*t. This is MAGA's big talking point on Trump's disgraceful press lockout and it's a lie.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21/09/2026
Trump’s costly campaign to make Washington “safe and beautiful” is flopping. Case in point: The Kennedy Center. It’s hard to avoid the similarities to a creepy courtship. If he can’t possess it, he threatens to kill it. Video by @sonelcutler.bsky.social
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Cold-blooded murder. The goal is to get us used to it so they can do it on a larger scale.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
After insisting that Biden bore blame for an international economic crisis caused by a pandemic that unfolded on Trump's watch, Republicans are now trying to persuade voters *not* to blame Trump for a worse crisis he deliberately created through unneeded wars and tariffs. Good luck with that!
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The US already got a do over. A mulligan. A second chance. Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke. The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
tariffs for thee, exemptions for me www.wsj.com/opinion/kati...
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Opinion | One Senator’s Plea for Tariff Breaks
How protectionism works in practice: Public support, but seeking exemptions in private.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was a beloved Washington institution, enjoyed by millions of people. It has been destroyed for no real reason. Just vanity, carelessness, indifference. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump’s Kennedy Center Shakedown
The only appropriate response is to refuse to accede to his demands.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Breaking: The Kennedy Center is closing immediately for two years of renovations. This…because a judge rejected his last ditch effort to put his name on the building. The planet has never seen a bigger loser than Donald Trump. It has not.
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