Reposted by Sarah PosnerMike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It is ominous, but also remember that big promises of special things that are about to happen have been a cornerstone of the decade-long prosperity scam Trump has been running. It's how QAnon works. You promise big, deliver nothing, and keep the marks on the hook for the next promise. 916628
Reposted by Sarah PosnerThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 06/10/2026The service members were left to seek their own medical treatment. trib.al/cLKQe1Ptrib.alSoldiers Wounded in Iran Say DOD Made Them Get Their Own TreatmentThe service members were left to fend for themselves. 17216133
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Maryland--and especially Baltimore--knows what's up 3596
Reposted by Sarah PosnerJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Sorry about your dead kid. Hey, you want to see my fancy party room? Look at that gold! Lotta gold. I got a new helicopter, too! Do you feel better now about sacrificing your child on my altar? Worth it, right? Look at that gold." 1252617706
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's a basic Christian right talking point, and so the news is not that he said this in the book, it's that a Supreme Court justice has adopted Christian right talking points instead of analyzing the law. 1918
Reposted by Sarah PosnerJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We're doing a special October-only, Youtube-only version of our podcast for the next four weeks where we answer all your questions about different races around the country, how polls work, whether they work and more. First ep from @kateriga.bsky.social and I will be out on YT this afternoon. 38021
Reposted by Sarah PosnerHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Very worthwhile to follow @zacheverson.com if you're trying to stay up to speed on the Trumps' crypto machinations. 17434173
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Reviewed by @anandwrites.bsky.social, who calls it a "richly empathetic, morally complex, many-windowed new book" 💯 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/b...nytimes.comBook Review: ‘The Inheritance,’ by Janet Reitman (Gift Article)Following the lives of ordinary citizens, a new book by Janet Reitman fashions an intimate, morally complex portrait of an insecure America. 030
Reposted by Sarah PosnerTPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 06/10/2026We're launching a special limited-run version of the TPM Show With Josh and Kate ahead of the midterms. Introducing: the Polltober Show. Send us all your pressing questions about specific races, candidates, chamber control, the courts, the polls, whatever! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/were-...talkingpointsmemo.comWe’re Launching a Special New YouTube Series Around the Midterms!You have questions, we have answers. Since TPM readers are as obsessed... 23619
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026He also says that national conservatism is the only way forward for American conservatism. 192
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Rod Dreher has posted his remarks: "It is an honor to be here at the Natcon conference in Jerusalem, especially in a time when this country, Israel, is facing the contempt of much of the world, simply for defending itself against bloodthirsty barbarians." roddreher.substack.com/p/israel-is-...roddreher.substack.comIsrael Is RoschartaLearning About The Crisis Of The West From Reading Julien Gracq 2111
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Here's how NatCon Jerusalem is going www.jpost.com/israel-news/...jpost.comBezalel Smotrich calls for Muslim countries to absorb Gazan refugees | The Jerusalem Post“Encouraging the voluntary migration of Muslims who seek to leave conflict zones specifically to Muslim countries is not racism,” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said at NatCon. 33413
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I haven't found video of that, but did find video of Jim and Rosemary Garlow praying for Clarence Thomas (towards end of linked video) subsplash.com/u/wellversed...subsplash.comClarence Thomas Prayer at the 2026 National Consecration of Our CourtsContent from Clarence Thomas Prayer at the 2026 National Consecration of Our Courts 073
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Yesterday Christian nationalists held the third annual National Consecration of Our Courts at the Museum of the Bible, and Fifth Circuit judge/aspirant to SCOTUS James Ho was one of the keynote speakers jagf.org/event/third-...jagf.org3rd Annual National Consecration of Our Courts (NCC) 2026 - Judicial Action Group FoundationJoin us as we consecrate the opening of the United States Supreme Court’s 2026-2027 term and ask for God’s mercy and justice to prevail in our Nation. Dear Friends, … Continued 5138
Reposted by Sarah PosnerDavid Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026So, an interest-free short term loan from the government to run your campaign ads? While your Super PAC earns interest on the $20 million you stole? No. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/u...nytimes.comFacing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded AdsThe president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money. 24514
Reposted by Sarah PosnerSarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Prague used to have a massive monument to Stalin. This is what happened to it. prague-now.com/history/stal... 45612
Reposted by Sarah PosnerRyan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 06/10/2026NEW: Olympic canoeist who went through "nightmare" Reflecting Pool case is pushing two government watchdogs to probe "incompetence and wrongdoing."nbcnews.comFormer Olympic canoeist asks government watchdogs to probe ‘nightmare’ Reflecting Pool caseThe Trump administration’s “sprint” to charge Olympic canoeist David “Davey” Hearn, his attorneys wrote, “mirrored the rushed renovation itself.” 3498102
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Has Amb. Huckabee weighed in on NatCon Jerusalem? 190
Reposted by Sarah PosnerBookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores. 2854623342
Reposted by Sarah PosnerDavid DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026In an attack ad against U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, a woman accuses the Democrat of pushing transgender surgeries on minors "like her." As it turns out, she isn't from Ohio and didn't have surgery until she was an adult. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/06/w...ohiocapitaljournal.comWoman accusing Sherrod Brown of forcing trans surgeries not Ohioan, didn’t have procedure as minor • Ohio Capital JournalIn an attack ad against U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, a woman accuses the Democrat of pushing transgender surgeries on minors "like her." As it turns out, she isn't from Ohio and didn't have… 26230
Reposted by Sarah PosnerTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Curtis Yarvin, a major influence on Vice President JD Vance, is openly fantasizing about Hitler again. Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. 621007359
Reposted by Sarah PosnerG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 06/10/2026people keep saying "when trump campaigns, he gets the base out" but trump keeps campaigning and GOP poll numbers just keep going down 27806116
Reposted by Sarah PosnerBrad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A new Reuters poll makes pretty clear that Republicans aren't willing to follow President Trump on some of his vanity projects. 80% of Republicans don't like his taxpayer-funded political ads. Only a quarter approved of Trump adding his name to the Kennedy Center. www.reuters.com/world/americ... 108624
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trump, master strategist, makes GOP House candidate scramble to condemn his suggestion that he'd be okay with said House candidate's constituents being wiped out: www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...theguardian.comRepublican candidate for San Diego House district criticizes Trump comments on Iran – US politics livePresident claims commercials were ‘positive promotion for our Great USA’ but says he will now cover their cost 36626
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026(might be why Gorka is no longer attending Nat Con Jerusalem although the fact that he was once slated to...) 080
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026and also remember this about Gorka (2017) forward.com/news/366181/...forward.comEXCLUSIVE: Nazi-Allied Group Claims Top Trump Aide Sebastian Gorka As Sworn MemberSebastian Gorka, President Trump's aide, is reportedly a member of a Nazi-allied group. 13717
Reposted by Sarah PosnerJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Hans-Georg Maaßen's panel in Israel is entitled "Why Elites Embrace Mass Migration as a Tool of Cultural, Racial, and Political Transformation,” which is a direct shout-out to the classically antisemitic Great Replacement conspiracy, which directly inspired the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. 412935
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"The American contingent includes William Wolfe, a self-described Christian nationalist who has called for “mass deportations, denaturalizations, and remigration” to preserve a white Christian majority" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comUS, Israeli and European far-right figures to gather for conference in IsraelTrump’s counter-terrorism ‘czar’, Sebastian Gorka, was scheduled to speak at conference but White House says he will no longer attend 46322
Reposted by Sarah PosnerAmanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The TV companies that took our tax money should send it back to the Treasury. It's stolen money. They have no credibility opposing gov't propaganda if they keep it. They should eat their mistake. But the end result here is that Trump still got free-to-him, taxpayer-funded ads. 1316844
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Link (2019): www.huffpost.com/entry/white-...huffpost.comThe Army Of Prayer Warriors Fighting Trump's ImpeachmentAs the Senate takes up his impeachment trial, white Christian evangelicals remain firmly in the president's corner. 2241
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Bakker would broadcast his television show from this weird little studio in this compound that made it look like he was sitting on a lavish stage. It seemed like it was made of cardboard. Anyway, my first morning there, he gave a little talk to the studio audience before the cameras started rolling: 1353
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The bit about the $600 survival food buckets stood out to me, because when I was there in 2019, he was having a fire sale on them. 4444
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I visited this remote compound in Missouri (the obit says it is in Branson, Missouri; it is not, it is in Blue Eye, Missouri, which is a speck on the map about as small as an eye) on a reporting trip in 2019. It was one of the wildest (out of many, many, many) wild reporting sojourns of my career. 2465
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This detail from the NYT obit of disgraced and resurrected televangelist Jim Bakker, and his oldest pivot in the book www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/u... 413228
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Happy pub day to the inimitable @janetreitman.bsky.social, whose new book The Inheritance is a riveting, engrossing, and necessary read. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/604725...penguinrandomhouse.comThe Inheritance by Janet Reitman: 9781984854728 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksA stunning work of narrative nonfiction that traces the lives of nine Americans over three decades, offering a vivid account of a nation in crisis—from award-winning New York Times Magazine writer... 3113
Reposted by Sarah PosnerTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026GOP 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. 672357474
Reposted by Sarah PosnerJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'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. 3424
Reposted by Sarah PosnerBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 02/10/20262 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...ms.nowMAGA 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. 735580
Reposted by Sarah PosnerBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Scoop: Podcaster Benny Johnson is being sued for defamation over his ICE ride-along videos calling protesters "terrorists." www.ms.now/news/benny-j...ms.nowMAGA 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. 662051408
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Grift grift grift Hegseth puts the future of warfare in the hands of major Maga donors www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 66819
Reposted by Sarah PosnerPolitico @politico.com · 02/10/2026Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon politi.co/4yswarPpolitico.comMusk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon politi.co/4yswarPMusk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon politi.co/4yswarP 3417685
Reposted by Sarah PosnerMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They'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. 20563232910
Reposted by Sarah PosnerChristopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Rufo 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...talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 24741174
Reposted by Sarah PosnerChristopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New: 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...talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 1131346489