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Saul Youssef

@saulyoussef.bsky.social
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Physics, Computing and Math, Research Professor, Boston University "I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." - Thomas Jefferson

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Saul Youssef @saulyoussef.bsky.social · 1h
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Why Jared Kushner is the Merchant of Death
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h
If you value independent media, do me a favor and subscribe to Democracy Docket. It isn’t on Substack or ActBlue and will never sell your information or send spam. If you are already signed-up, thank you and please recommend it to others. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15h
We need all hands on deck over the next 32 days to defeat the fascists and reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority. Anyone can help get out the vote in the states and districts that will decide the midterms: indivisible2026.org?utm_source=b...
(over an image of a map of the US that shows Indivisible’s nine Senate target states and 31 House target districts for the midterm elections) It’s time to win the midterms.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 01/10/2026
I talked to Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer about the radical transformation of US foreign policy, away from a process designed to help all Americans and towards the interests of a few people in the administration or close to the president youtu.be/vn4i_Jk_khc?...
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Anne Applebaum on the Grifters and Ideologues Behind Trump’s Agenda
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 02/10/2026
A deep dive into the Baltic states' extensive preparations for a Russian invasion, from @isaacstanbecker who tracks "the emergence of a new order, in which Ukraine matters as much to the security of Europe as the United States" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Baltic States Prepare for War
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are readying themselves to fend off a Russian attack—with the help of the United States, or without it.
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Saul Youssef @saulyoussef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#NoKings October 17th! Make a plan for October 17th. Make a plan to vote. www.nokings.org
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No Kings
For more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're abo...
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
First, Trump’s family made billions from crypto. Then his crypto company got a federal bank charter, giving him and his family a new way to profit. Trump's not working for you. He's working for himself.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says
The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.
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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most important thing you can do to hold your government accountable is VOTE.
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"We are all Americans, not subjects of a wannabe king...This is our America. Not their kingdom!" -Protesters rally in NYC to protect the election of Trump's potential 'sabotage' via @jonfarina.bsky.social
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey folks #deletedoordash is working: DoorDash has fulfilled the first of @freedcproject.bsky.social's demands, apologizing for backing a MAGA anti-DC home rule bill. Keep the pressure up. If you haven't uninstalled DoorDash yet, now's the time. www.washingtonsun.com/metro/doorda...
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DoorDash Apologizes for Siding With GOP Bill Targeting D.C.
The company still wants the D.C. Council to make changes to a new delivery fee taking effect Thursday.
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Saul Youssef @saulyoussef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Made me think of this classic. youtu.be/3vbCXVQFsLg?...
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How Asian Parents Compare You to Your Cousin
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Saul Youssef @saulyoussef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A really great conversation with @malcolmnance.bsky.social and @timothysnyder.bsky.social youtu.be/-5U5IB0_dgQ?...
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Black Man Spy: w/Timothy Snyder: Lessons From Ukraine About Saving American Democracy
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Talarico is running in a state Trump carried by 14 points in 2024. Yet he’s actually leaned into the moral issues around immigration more aggressively than most other Democrats. He makes an expansive moral case that immigration is good for our country." newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit to compel Georgia to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-26. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
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🚨 United States of America v. Raffensperger
Learn more.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The bill failed to clear the 60-vote threshold to end debate in the Senate, 53-47. Every Democratic and independent senator voted against the measure. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP voter ID bill falls short in Senate
The floor stunt attempted to give Republicans facing tough reelection fights something to campaign on as voters sour on the GOP’s willingness to acquiesce to Trump on artificial intelligence, the war ...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the 2020 presidential race was stolen. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election denier Kurt Olsen leaves DOJ after failing to find evidence of stolen election
A prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I spend my days fighting for voters in court. Most of what happens there never makes the news. That's why I started Democracy Docket. Sign up now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration Monday filed its response to the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) lawsuit seeking records about any plans to seize or inspect ballots, voting machines or other election materials during the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump DOJ responds to DNC lawsuit, offers no records on ballot seizure plans
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) 13-page answer did not deny whether the Trump administration has considered such plans, identify whether responsive records exist or offer a timeline for producing th...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 28/09/2026
IT'S OFFICIAL. The progressive members of the Chicago City Council (looking at you, @andrefor40th.bsky.social) stopped ICE's cruelest, most notorious charter airline, Omni Air International. news.wttw.com/2026/09/28/f...
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Firm Set to Buy Chicago’s Parking Meters Sells Airline That Carried Out Deportations
More than a dozen progressive members of the City Council said they would not vote in favor of the deal unless the firm sold Omni Air, threatening the completion of the deal involving the city’s 36,00...
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ICE is torturing this man. This is an emergency.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEWS: More than TWO THOUSAND events have been registered so far with No Kings: Vote Early, making it the largest early vote mobilization in history. It's not too late to get your town on the map - submit today: www.nokings.org
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Glendy and Nixon's children are now orphans," the archbishop said... "The family was a beloved member of our community; their children received their first sacraments in our parishes..." "This is not a gray area... What is happening is gravely immoral." www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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St. Louis Archdiocese wants end to 'mass deportation,' says immigrant treatment 'sinful'
Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski called for a path to legal status for those without documentation.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s up! Our new film “Kill.Bury.Print” is streaming now on Peacock #KillBuryPrint trailer here: youtu.be/ZLfo4At-stg?... and here’s a clip:
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Network solidarity against Trump's attack on the 1st Amendment lasted less than one week. Pathetic. On the bright side for CNN, moving forward Bari Weiss can make changes to ensure there is no more friction with the White House. Support independent media. demdock.com/4w6emld
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bismarck, North Dakota: bismarcktribune.com/news/local/a...
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ICE surge prompts protest in Bismarck
A weeklong spike in immigration enforcement in the Bismarck area prompted a protest downtown on Friday evening.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the Midterms
A disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Today, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow Trump's voter suppression database to move forward. It then ruled 9-0 to reject the GOP's gerrymander scheme in Missouri. I created Democracy Docket for times like this. Help support it by subscribing now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When a president tries to silence critical journalism AND replace it with government propaganda, that's a direct attack on our democracy. Trump's media bans are unconstitutional and un-American.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Many thanks to @theunpopulist.net for reposting my piece on Stephen Miller’s Office of Remigration, which really needs more attention. This agency announces right in its name that white nationalism is the basis for US immigration policy: www.theunpopulist.net/p/stephen-mi...
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Stephen Miller Is Paying Monstrous Dictators to Admit Expelled Immigrants
A Democratic Congress needs to urgently investigate this abuse of taxpayer dollars that were actually meant for refugees
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a dangerous decision for voters, the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to overhaul a federal immigration database into a vast, centralized and deeply flawed database of personal information to initiate registration purges. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court revives DHS use of flawed immigration database for voter purges
The decision lets the administration move forward with a key provision of President Trump’s first anti-voting executive order.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank you!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
OMG -- under questioning from Hassan, Trump's FDA nominee Heidi Overton refuses to acknowledge that Trump can ever be wrong about anything even after she's confronted with a specific example of something Trump is clearly wrong about
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.
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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hey friends, just finished my appearance with Jen Psaki, and getting ready to jump on Substack live at 10:45 pm ET to talk about Trump's ongoing assault on the Constitution. Join us? open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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LIVE SOON: Trump's ongoing assault on the Constitution!
Starting Sep 24 at 10:45 PM EDT
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Jacob Weisberg @jacobweisberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
How does democracy fail? Not because people wake up one day and decide they prefer authoritarianism. It fails when the people with the power to resist decide the price of resistance is too high. Don’t be one of them. Read my book, out today. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/818503/p…
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Profiles in Cowardice by Jacob Weisberg: 9798217062591 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
"We badly need [this] book.” —Tina Brown A devastating reckoning with the people and institutions whose failure to stand up to Trump’s brazen grab for authoritarian power has been particularly...
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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Very happy to be finally doing a book talk for my town. Calling all central and western Massachusetts folks, do join me today evening at 7 pm in Sturbridge, reception following.
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I've been at ProPublica in some capacity since late 2019. This story remains among my most beloved.
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Saul Youssef @saulyoussef.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
More from the new book “Profiles in Cowardice” youtu.be/MGXfese2yEI?...
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The Cost of Capitulation
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Saul Youssef @saulyoussef.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Profiles in Cowardice” youtu.be/lpjdmSC41bU?...
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Robert's Court EXPOSED as They RUN From MONSTER THEY CREATED!!!
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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Historian of Reconstruction here I have been sating that for quite some time! Glad it’s getting a full public hearing now!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
CNN is about to travel the same dark path of WaPo and CBS News. They will say it's not true. They will ask you to ignore what you see and disbelieve what you hear. Instead, I suggest you support independent media. You can start with Democracy Docket but there are many others. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Saul Youssef @saulyoussef.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Hormuz Crisis SOLVED with Stroke of a Pen!
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/09/2026
In DC September 28? Come hear me talk about my @theatlantic.com cover story with Scott Stossel, who edited it. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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