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Seth Abramson

@sethabramson.bsky.social
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Journalist, lawyer, NYT-bestselling Trump and Musk biographer, songwriter (Hounds, The Rangers), former CNN & BBC analyst, retired journalism prof. 👤: sethabramson.net/bio ⚖️: sethabramson.substack.com 🕹: retrostack.substack.com 🎶: houndsmusic.substack.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's easy to forget that the whole purpose of the Republican Party is to distract voters daily with such irrelevant nonsense that we never have conversations about how to actually move the country forward. Can you imagine a US politician who was only willing to discuss *policy*?
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There is absolutely zero Communist threat in the United States today. Anyone who tells you there is should be gently escorted to a wheelchair and taken promptly to some sort of hospitalization. What we do have is the gravest *fascist* threat America has ever faced on home soil.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Oh... I dislike *all* parts of this. Jesus.
@patriottakes.bsky.social@patriottakes.bsky.social
At Trump’s Virginia golf club, small fish were dumped into the swimming pool so kids could try to catch them.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
(🚨|🧵) A NYT-bestselling Trump biographer has just released the largest compilation of anti-Trump political protest music of the Trump era. 30 songs. 135 minutes of music. *Many* bangers. This thread offers previews and full tracks. Please share widely!
music.apple.com
Greatest Releases: Protests by Hounds on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 30 Songs
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
(🚨) ANNOUNCEMENT for EUROPEAN READERS: Hounds just released the largest and longest album of Trump protest music ever published by an American. Thirty songs, 135 minutes of music—all written by a New York Times-bestselling Trump presidential historian. Please spread the word widely. Preview below.
music.apple.com
Greatest Releases: Protests by Hounds on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 30 Songs
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Yeah, McConnell definitely had a series of 20-minute phone calls on thorny policy issues from his hospital bed two months ago, and Scott Jennings definitely should NOT be fired from CNN for being a lying scumbag
@nothoodlum.bsky.social@nothoodlum.bsky.social
Mitch McConnell nearly voted “no” with Democrats until Republicans stepped in and reminded him which way they wanted him to vote.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The GOP gave its final answer today on putting a data center in your backyard: YES. It is FOR doing that. But remember, if Donald Trump wanted a data center in HIS back yard as much as he wants one in YOURS, there would already be one at Mar-a-Lago. And that will NEVER happen.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It really is the thing of the goblins overrunning the castle And as anyone who's ever read a fantasy paperback in the 1980s knows, once you have a goblin infestation in the realm it's going to be like *three trilogies* until *that* gets resolved America's an utter worldwide embarrassment right now
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Kash Patel defended his new policy before the Senate Judiciary Committee which allows the FBI to hire agents who have engaged in bestiality and it barely gets noticed because there are 50 other things happening from these clowns each day that are worse.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sometimes I forget if it was 4 years or 6 years that I was relentlessly attacked by my fellow progressives for supposedly overstating what a bad and dangerous person Donald Trump was I'm happy to report that—now that it's clear I was 100% right from the jump—zero have apologized
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Donald Trump really is right up there with Nathan Bedford Forrest as one of the worst Americans ever to walk the face of the Earth I say this as a journalist and Trump biographer with the same level of professional objectivity I have in observing that the Sun rises in the East
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
As predicted, the tarp was never removed. The building was never reopened. Necessary renovations went undone for over a year and a half so the condition of the building could nonsensically be blamed on Biden. It will never reopen and is now almost certain to be destroyed. Administrative terrorism.
Axios@axios.com
NEW: The Kennedy Center's board has voted to close the iconic performing arts center's main building for a renovation project
axios.com
Trump-aligned Kennedy Center board votes to close building
A draft resolution proposed sending marquee events off-site during restoration.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hey, did anyone else feel ~25% more sure that the robots will be taking over when Trump declared today "THE ROBOTS WILL NOT BE TAKING OVER" and said he knew this because his uncle taught at MIT and therefore as POTUS he has the right "genes" to contain AI?
cnn.com
Trump dismisses AI alarms as a ‘HOAX’ — worrying White House officials | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump spent Monday angrily rejecting calls from AI industry leaders for more government regulation on their cutting-edge models, making clear in a day-long string of social media post...
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BREAKING:
nbcnews.com
Supreme Court says Trump can’t enforce new mail-in ballot regulation
The decision means a Postal Service measure that could lead to ballots’ not being sent to voters won’t be in effect for this November’s midterm elections.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In a world of Ed Sheerans, fuck Robert Kraft.
@premthakker.bsky.social@premthakker.bsky.social
New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
60% of us already get that this sort of behavior from a President of the United States is grotesque, scary, bewildering and humiliating—but don't sleep on the fact that the other 40% will revert to searching presidential posts for typos and minor tone issues as soon as he's gone.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The video of this is genuinely unsettling. He literally appears to have no idea what the journalist is talking about when she mentions January 6—even when she clarifies that she is talking about 2021 and about the rioters at the Capitol that day. He looks at her blankly. Scary.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Two con artists in one—a marriage made in Hell.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Who knew that defacing the building, tearing up its trees, removing its sculptures, replacing the Board with political cronies, giving the finger to every performer who isn’t a Trump voter, and talking down its facilities daily would cause a revenue drop?
washingtonpost.com
Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show
Officials said the center is facing “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks, insist that adding President Donald Trump’s name may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I write, arrange and produce songs to stay sane. I watch football to stay sane. I'm working on making an Atari 2600 homebrew to stay sane. America *is* collapsing—but if you focus on it all day you'll go mad. So no, I won't stay in my lane. I never have.
sethabramson.net
BIO | home
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Times are extremely hard. Ever since I was a federal criminal investigator in Anacostia (D.C.) in the 1990s, sixties music has gotten me through. Maybe it cheers you as well. I just released a double-album of new Sixties Revival tracks. They’ll transport you to *also* hard—but more idealistic—times.
music.apple.com
Greatest Releases: Sixties Revival (feat. The Rangers) by Hounds on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 26 Songs
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
CNN has gotten so bad. Whatever your opinion of the Clancy case, it’s a *fact* that defendants found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity often spend *years* in locked mental institutions. The canard that there’s “no punishment”—they go free—causes hung juries. CNN is stoking a lie.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
(🚨) RETRO EXCLUSIVE: The AP/CBS/RPI Group of Six Top 25 College Football Rankings: Week 3 The national rankings may no longer recognize the Group of Six, but RETRO does. Major movement in both the Top 25 and the G6 conference rankings this week.
retrostack.substack.com
AP/CBS/RPI Group of Six Top 25 College Football Rankings: Week 3
This is the weekly AP, CBS, and RPI-based FBS rankings of G6 college football programs—a dedicated formal assessment of on-field quality.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Correct. And he's also lying about what these three good men have said and believe in order to try to get them harmed. They have committed no offense against him or anyone other than being Democrats. We are living in an extremely scary time in which one of the two major political parties is insane.
David Corn@davidcorn.bsky.social
This is stochastic terrorism. Ted Cruz is an extremist encouraging violence.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is just your reminder that Donald Trump has publicly urged his voters to commit voter fraud in every federal election he's ever run in, even as he's repeatedly failed to produce *any evidence* that voter fraud amongst his political opponents exists at any scale. He is scum.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Concord" is out!
music.apple.com
Concord by Hounds on Apple Music
Song · 2026 · Duration 4:02
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's not a real political party, folks It just isn't
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Texas really is going to become a sh*thole like Florida, isn't it? With each new story about what's going on there, I feel like I'm all good on making trips there—I've been there many times—for the rest of my life. Not blaming Texas Democrats, just sad that the Republicans ruined yet another state.
The Verge@theverge.com
The flights will be conducted under the White House’s new pilot program to test out electric, hybrid, and autonomous aircraft. www.theverge.com/transportati...
theverge.com
Electric air taxis get the green light for test flights in Texas
The test flights take place before any of these aircraft have received type certification.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
BREAKING: Longtime Jeffrey Epstein Friend Donald Trump Taps Longtime Jeffrey Epstein Neighbor Howard Lutnick to Advance National Emergency Plan Aimed at Obstructing Midterms—Which Epstein Pals Worry Could Elect a House That Would Force the Release of 3+ Million More Epstein Files
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Another "W" for Whiskey Pete Hegseth
reuters.com
Iran likely to reverse-engineer captured US underwater drone
Iran's capture of a U.S. ​military underwater drone gives Tehran an opportunity to study and potentially reverse engineer the vessel, delivering a setback for the Pentagon and ‌drone maker Anduril.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Deliberately crashing the American economy—costing American families well over $5,000 each—and then promising to pay those families back $5,000 but *only if* they keep letting him abuse them and the country for two more years... ...is some *seriously* dark, domestic-abuser shit.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I’m not sure I agree that case is precedent here. What happened in Dallas wasn’t just "a candidate's offer of ideas to the voter[s]"—which is what would have happened had TRUMP been on the ballot and he promised a new $5,000 policy if HE won—but telling voters they’ll be paid for voting for OTHERS.
@rickhasen.bsky.social@rickhasen.bsky.social
For all the reporters asking me if this is illegal vote buying, the Supreme Court has said slouch generalized campaign promises are First Amendment protected supreme.justia.com/cases/federa... (And why would anyone believe him anyway?)
supreme.justia.com
Brown v. Hartlage, 456 U.S. 45 (1982)
Brown v. Hartlage
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So...... the promise was both a crime *and* a lie?
The Associated Press@apnews.com
President Donald Trump pledged to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections. The promise, made at the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas, could cost over $1 trillion and would require congressional approval.
bit.ly
Trump, hoping to salvage midterms, makes dubious pledge to give every US adult $5,000 if GOP wins
President Donald Trump says he plans to give every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I think nix the "basically"? Pretty sure this is an election crime.
@talkingpointsmemo.com@talkingpointsmemo.com
Donald Trump Just Basically Bribed Americans to Vote for Republicans
talkingpointsmemo.com
Donald Trump Just Basically Bribed Americans to Vote for Republicans
With his poll numbers at record lows, gas prices at record highs,...
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
NEW SINGLE FRIDAY on all streaming platforms. “Concord” is a song I wrote about my birthplace. The song tells a story—and it isn’t a happy one. I hope you’ll give it a listen, and be on the lookout for the single on Friday, wherever you stream.
youtube.com
Hounds, “Concord”
YouTube video by Hounds
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
All you need to know is that Trump is throwing a party for himself in QAnon-land (Dallas) and due to his shockingly low approval rating—33%; compare to Zohran Mamdani's 70%—MAGA politicians in close races are MIA MAGA is a rusty pickup chassis on blocks in the side yard of a condemned brothel
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Democracy dies in broad daylight.
apnews.com
Ballots discounted for late postmarks surged in Washington and Oregon after Postal Service changes
New data show the number of ballots rejected for late postmarks has soared in the vote-by-mail states of Washington and Oregon.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
BREAKING: Trump Cheers German Neo-Nazi Party Wins
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
BREAKING: Western Michigan (MAC) Seeks to Reverse Michigan (Big Ten) "Victory" on the Basis of Replay Violations; Michigan Fans Had Used MAC Acceptance of the 13-12 Outcome As "Proof" No Violations Occurred That argument is dead. The wrong clock was used.
cnn.com
Michigan clock controversy escalates as MAC appeals Hail Mary win | CNN
The Mid-American Conference announced it had submitted formal appeals to recognize Western Michigan University as the winners of Saturday’s controversial game.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Week 2 Group of Six College Football Rankings Out So many stunning results this week—especially in the new G6 conference rankings. And in the Top 25 chaos reigns, with Tulsa making a huge move and many (many) new teams, including some big surprises.
retrostack.substack.com
AP/CBS/RPI Group of Six Top 25 College Football Rankings: Week 2
This is the weekly AP, CBS, and RPI-based FBS rankings of G6 college football programs—a dedicated formal assessment of on-field quality. G6 schools boast great roster talent but minimal NIL money.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If you want a new frame within which to understand why the whole world seems utterly miserable now, I'll give you one: we're quietly in WWIII. "Quietly" because it's the regimes of just ten or so countries conspiring to destroy stability on Earth. See my pinned post for more.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
(🧵|🚨) BREAKING: *Three years* ago PROOF ran a long, well-sourced report confirming that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu *knew* from Middle Eastern “grand bargain” co-conspirators that the October 7 attack was coming before it came—and let Israelis die for political gain. Now Haaretz has confirmed it.
sethabramson.substack.com
As Israel Reels From Mass Deaths and a Seeming Intel Failure, Evidence Mounts of Negligence By Netanyahu—Or Maybe Something More Sinister
Israel has the world’s very best intel services, yet allegedly failed to foresee a massive invasion months in the making. Now media outlets are beginning to point a finger at Netanyahu—as is the IDF.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hounds has released 66 albums and 5 EPs since 2023. The one I most thought would get attention that didn’t is below. A NYT-bestselling Trump presidential historian writing a rock opera about the First Family using his creative writing terminal degree and professional research? Thought it would land.
music.apple.com
First Family by Hounds on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 10 Songs
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I want to believe this is the Associated Press using its cultural might to throw the maximum amount of shade on college football and the Big Ten—a conference I love that's nevertheless acted like a Midwestern mafia over the last week. Sync the fucking field clocks now and forever, Jesus H. Christ.
The Associated Press@apnews.com
Longtime coach Kyle Whittingham was unaware the stadium clock he watched Saturday night at Michigan might not reflect the official game time.
bit.ly
Veteran coaches surprised that stadium clock was not official clock in wild Michigan win Saturday
Longtime coach Kyle Whittingham was unaware the stadium clock he watched Saturday night at Michigan might not reflect the official game time.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
current mood
youtube.com
Project Hail Mary, Sign Of The Times, 4K HDR
YouTube video by Finite Tuning
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
That pro-Notre Dame call by ACC refs—Notre Dame is in the ACC for most sports—is the reason folks think college football is rigged and becoming meaningless. Western Michigan got robbed. Wisconsin got robbed. The higher-ranked team always gets the call. I can't take much more.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Many people missed that Eric Trump made one of the most mocked and memed posts ever this week. RETRO did not. The fallout is covered here:
retrostack.substack.com
The Memes You Need, Vol. 24: Eric Trump
In an effort to support his corrupt father, Eric Trump just posted what may go down as one of the most scorned posts ever. This entry in RETRO’s meme archive captures what just happened in 50+ memes.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Hey—can anyone think of a political journalist and Trump biographer who recently wrote a big thread on how dangerous it is to not meet head on declarations by Trump that America owns things it doesn't? I seem to recall he had his ass handed to him and was told he was overreacting
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
HOLY SHIT LITERALLY THE EMPIRE FROM STAR WARS
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