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Contributing writer, TPM: talkingpointsmemo.com/profile/sarah… Host, Reign of Error podcast: www.axismundi.us/podcasts/reign-of-… Author, Unholy More: www.sarahposner.com

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 3h
GOP ads right now are all about attacking trans people. Over, and over, and over. I was a gay teen in 2004 watching the Bush campaign try to win on attacking gay marriage, but the resort to this hate drive in campaign ads feels so dialed up now. I can’t imagine being an lgbt kid watching tv today.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23h
I'm reading Adam Becker's book and getting an expanded course on the absurd things people believe in Silicon Valley. There are really good reasons why traversing space through solid rock isn't an optimal kind of weapons delivery.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
2 Illinois residents say they were detained at Broadview, released without charges, then branded domestic terrorists to millions by Johnson. It appears to be the first such suit against one of the admin's corps of MAGA creators who make propaganda in exchange for access. www.ms.now/news/benny-j...
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MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’
Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Scoop: Podcaster Benny Johnson is being sued for defamation over his ICE ride-along videos calling protesters "terrorists." www.ms.now/news/benny-j...
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MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’
Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 23h
www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
“This is entirely indicative of the decay and oligarchy that has taken over our government and, in many cases, directly through purchasing influence and power and authority, blatantly right in front of us,” said Wes Bryant, a retired Air Force master sergeant who until last year led the Pentagon’s civilian harm assessments. “They’re not even trying to hide it anymore.”
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 23h
Grift grift grift Hegseth puts the future of warfare in the hands of major Maga donors www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The 34-year-old Palmer, whose company is backed by Joshua Kushner’s equity fund, has acquired manufacturers of underwater drones, UAVs, and space technology, has been already been voluble about his philosophy on warfare. Earlier this year, for example, he said he thought warfare in the second half of this century would involve “subterranean” conflict, with vehicles that can “move through he crust of the earth the same way that submarines move through the water”.

He has claimed that his company has “working prototypes of subterranean systems”.
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Politico @politico.com · 23h
Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon politi.co/4yswarP
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Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon politi.co/4yswarP
Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon politi.co/4yswarP
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rufo gets to position himself as "respectable." Polite sit-down interview w/ Ezra Klein. Celebrated by Substack as one of platform's "best" writers. Senior fellow at Manhattan Institute. His "Indian Question" podcast is pretty explicitly white nationalist talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
trump going on an emergency 17 state media tour to support republican candidates before the midterms and he is going with “nobody knows that dumb has a b on the end”
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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Spotted in the DC Metro
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"no beardos, no weirdos"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Q: You're going to Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio, Alabama, and Nebraska. Why such Republican states if you're so confident your party is gonna do alright? TRUMP: I won all of them by a lot. I'm going just to make sure
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of the foremost scholars of polarization in the world is telling us that polarization is the wrong concept to apply to the contemporary United States...so maybe don't do that
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#BREAKING U.S. District Judge April Perry is moving forward with further fact-finding regarding potential prosecutorial misconduct in the case of the "Broadview Six," with a special prosecutor still on the table.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda.
44. At all relevant times, Defendants Ross, Miller, Noem, Lyons, Homan,
Bovino, and the John Doe Federal Agents acted under color of federal law and within the
scope of a joint enterprise with the private actors described below. Defendant
Lewandowski acted in part under color of federal law and in part, as alleged below, as a
private person, his federal status having been limited to a temporary part-time designation
that his conduct exceeded. Shirley, Rufo, and Ben Bergquam, and the other non-party
private actors described below, agreed to and in fact participated in the conspiracy alleged
here: each acted in concert with, and with the knowledge and encouragement of, federal
officials.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Post from Media Matters for America:

Fox & Friends co-host Lawrence Jones on Ms. Rachel: This is “pure indoctrination” and “really sinister.”Post from Mother Jones: 

On Wednesday, Pete Hegseth announced the creation of a new entity within the Pentagon: the Office of Religious Affairs. 

The office will “sponsor and oversee research, technology, and analytical tools to support and assess spiritual fitness, spiritual readiness, and spiritual resilience.”
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Freddie Mac reports that a 30-year fixed rate mortgage is now 7.28%, up from 7.03% last week and nearly a full percentage point higher than a year ago when it was 6.34%. www.freddiemac.com/pmms
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Mortgage Rates
With mortgage rates on their current trajectory, the housing market continues to be supported by favorable economic conditions.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sounds like a cult.
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Emine Yücel @emineirmakyucel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My latest: Following Wednesday's failed bid by Senate Dems to block Trump's pocket rescission, Trump WH, once again, trampled over Congress’ power of the purse. Several experts point out their use of the “pocket rescissions” loophole is more an admission of guilt than a clever trick.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Starting today many people granted humanitarian immigration protections, including refugees, people granted asylum, and survivors of trafficking, will no longer be able to access health care through federally funded Medicaid and CHIP programs. www.cbpp.org/research/imm...
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Harmful Republican Megabill Takes Away Health Coverage, Food Assistance, Tax Credits From Millions of Immigrants and Their Families
The harmful Republican megabill imposes massive cuts in food assistance, health coverage, and other supports for people with low incomes and singles out immigrants with lawful status and their familie...
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 Remember that fancy dinner Trump hosted at his golf club for top holders of his meme coin, and Justin Sun and a bunch of other foreign investors attended? Well, he's doing it again. @jeffstein.bsky.social for @washingtonsun.com
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Want Dinner With the President? Buy His Meme Coin.
The $Trump meme coin is offering buyers a new "exclusive" opportunity to meet the president.
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Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So excited to see PEOPLE launching the cover of my new novel The Amnesiac today! people.com/jami-attenbe...
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Unlike the unscientific and fantastical claims of OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs and those who uncritically repeat their talking points, the harmful, and well-documented, impacts of these companies’ products have arisen because people believe that the products are superintelligent, not because they actually are.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026
Breaking news: The family of Renée Good has sued the U.S. and officials for her death. “Renee’s death was not an accident,” lawyers for Good’s family said, adding its aim was to “silence anyone who dared to raise their voice in protest.”
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Renée Good’s family sues Trump officials, saying death was ‘not an accident’
The death of the mother of three sparked protests and scrutiny over how federal officers are using force against both immigrants and protesters.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: A D.C. judge permanently dismisses a case charging an ex-Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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DC judge permanently dismisses case charging ex-Olympian with vandalizing Reflecting Pool
A judge in Washington has agreed to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Eric Schmitt's mission to deflect Jack Smith's testimony away from Trump's criminality was a success
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
newsletter.tnr.com/index.php?ac... via @mjtoma.bsky.social
OSSOFF ON O’DONNELL LAST NIGHT: Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff popped up on Lawrence O’Donnell’s show last night. Money quote: A "mighty wave is building. Because people’s lives have gotten worse. And all the while, they see the president sitting in the Oval Office, raking in billions of dollars for himself and the first family, adorning his walls in gold, and building monuments to himself. It is an obscenity and an outrage."
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Public anger comes for John Roberts The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.” Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him. (Gift Article)
After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Story time. My wife's post here reminds me of one of my favorite stories from my time on the Hill, of which there are many. I was in Comms for a Dem member, and the Caucus would put on a weekly talking points seminar for comms staffers. More often than not, these were run by Third Way.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is such a good, clear-headed, impeccably argued, essential piece.
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AP NORC: Trump approval at 31 points. A majority of Americans, 51%, *strongly disapprove*. AFAIK, strong disapproval crushing overall approval by 20 points is unprecedented. There is no political downside to opposing authoritarianism.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump launches midterm campaign push in Texas and Oklahoma as Republicans face tough races 👀 www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Trump launches midterm campaign push in Texas and Oklahoma as Republicans face tough races
President Donald Trump travels to Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday to begin a 32-day campaign blitz aimed at bolstering Republican ​candidates as his party fights to hold onto its slim congressional maj...
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Korea disputes Trump's claim it agreed to spend $54 billion on Alaska's LNG pipeline; project announcement featured longtime backer Senator Dan Sullivan, who trailed Democrat Mary Peltola in first round of voting. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Korea Disputes Trump’s Claim It Agreed to Invest in Alaska LNG
South Korea has pushed back on the Trump administration’s announcement that the country would invest $54 billion in a liquefied natural gas project in Alaska, saying it had agreed to do so only if the...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge has denied DOJ's effort to obtain Georgia's complete, unredacted voter list, the latest in a string of more than two dozen defeats for the Trump administration in efforts to obtain state voter rolls. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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#146 in United States v. Raffensperger (N.D. Ga., 1:26-cv-00485) – CourtListener.com
ORDER. It is ORDERED that Defendant Raffensperger and Intervenor-Defendant's BVMF's Motions to Dismiss (Docs. 16, 23 ) are GRANTED IN PART as set forth in this Order. Intervenor-Defendants' Common Cau...
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 30/09/2026
Trump’s new America.gov AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago
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Trump’s new America.gov AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago
The answers from the AI chatbot often duplicate what’s on the federal government’s existing sites, sometimes with less detail.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Woe to ye who hath Low T
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So... with that direct line to the secretary, the Office will report whenever anything happens that suggests our nation is not "blessed?" Or is not following the Bible? Or has too little testosterone? Just like the founders intended, or something?
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hear we're not supposed to call these guys weird.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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Rozina Ali @rozinaali.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Grateful for this wonderful review of "Seasons of Fury" in NY Times
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And I think he's right. People are repulsed by the regime. I'll also note that white evangelicals are some of the biggest supporters of Trump's anti-immigrant crackdown, so I get Talarico's strategy here. See: talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/homan-s...
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Homan Stumps for Georgia GOPers by Promoting ICE Brutality in Speech to Evangelicals
In Church, Merch, and State, Sarah Posner writes about the intersection of religion and...
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 30/09/2026
"When we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped." - Ken Paxton, surreptitiously taped at a donor meeting, according to the New York Times
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I assume the DNC is paying for this?
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Indivisible Bucks County @indivisiblebux.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
HOLY PA-01 SCOOP IN POLITICO!! Brian Fitzpatrick's awful ads seem to show a bunch of news headlines. But those deceptive quotes didn't come from actual news reports - they were written by one of his wedding guests, a felon who was once on the payroll of his own campaign, who self-published them!
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The source of Brian Fitzpatrick’s campaign ad attack fodder: A guest at his own wedding
Self-published articles from a longtime ally are showing up in the vulnerable Pennsylvania Republican’s attack ads.
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House Judiciary Dems @democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 30/09/2026
RM @raskin.house.gov launched an investigation into Amazon, Google, Meta and Oracle over their use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to prevent local officials from discussing data center projects with constituents. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Tech Giants Face Questions Over Secret AI Data-Center Deals
Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin is seeking information from Amazon, Google, Meta and Oracle.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
"Schmitt says he stands by his claim that Smith is a 'dirtbag' and a perjurer. And with that kind of commitment to the bit, he’s definitely a shoe-in for the VP spot." — @lizdye.bsky.social
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Schmitt happens all over effort to perjury trap Jack Smith
When gotchas go disastrously wrong.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sharp words were used—though directed at DOJ. Words like "stonewalling"; "evasion"; "foreclos[ing] inquiry"; "scapegoating," and, with reference to DOJ/DHS's assertion that then Secy Noem made the decision to deplane Venezuelans in El Salvador against Boasberg's will: "sacrificial lamb." 2/2
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Queasy vibes at yesterday's en banc DC Cir argument over whether Judge Boasberg can resume fact-finding on potential criminal contempt by AG Blanche, Judge Bove et al. Stated: suspicion of DOJ cover-up; Unstated: role of 3 Trump-appointed colleagues in shutting down inquiry so far. 1/2
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