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We rightly worry most about the core electoral machinery and that's holding up pretty well, but any election under Trump is still something less than free and fair. Even if it's not enough to flip the outcome, state resources and power are unambiguously being abused to favor the incumbent party.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

The word for this is racism

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld

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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is clearly not acceptable

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Man, it's a good thing Jared Polis pardoned this woman. She has absolutely learned her lesson.

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Sam Tyler @sflgt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

People like this guy have a sickness in their soul. They are fundamentally confused about what, exactly, human life is *about*...

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Sam Tyler @sflgt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

True, and yet, if you think that the 1,000 are the ONLY people who will be there, then you're confused. The assumption should be that there will be 1,000 'official' observers and a MUCH larger number of 'deputized' 'concerned parties'... They are undoubtedly coordinating with paramilitary groups.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Again, you (& I) live in a country where there are concentration camps & people are being disappeared. We can argue about what exactly to call this particular form of partially autocratic political regime, but it’s not a full democracy.

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The Bi of Hormuz @joshstein.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I agree with this completely, but I think we should also recognize the opportunity here. These three people will commit lots of demonstrable fraud in these contracting processes, and it provides a critical opportunity to for IGs and the DOJ to publicly address military industrial corruption.

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We are watching in slow motion the things that happen before ethnic cleansing happens. People get that, right?

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/10/2026

This has to be an 8th Amendment violation. Don't forget that everyone in the US, even visitors, are protected by the Constitution.

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Sam Tyler @sflgt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

WE ARE LITERALLY IN THE MELIAN DIALOGUE PHASE OF ATHENS' HISTORY... WE LITERALLY HAVE A PRESIDENT SAYING "THE STRONG DO WHAT THEY CAN AND THE WEAK WILL SUFFER WHAT THEY MUST..." DO THESE FUCKING MORONS KNOW WHAT COMES NEXT????

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Sam Tyler @sflgt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The thing about having a totally unmonitored, unchecked, unregulated, zero-oversight goon squad is that fascists will follow its parameters to their logical conclusions... i.e. use the goon squad to do all the goon squad things that some other group might get stopped from doing...

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Sam Tyler @sflgt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I have typed and deleted some of the things that I wish that we as a society would do to anyone convicted of sexual assault. But I think it is better for my family if I keep my job. What an incredibly brave person. How horrific is this. Men are so fucking awful it is sickening.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Before he was appointed, Kash Patel was flagged by FBI counterintelligence agents as being deeply enmeshed in influence operations run by the Russians and Chinese. After he took over, Patel began systematically eliminating all Russian and Chinese counterintelligence capacity. What to make of that?

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As Trump focuses the FBI on immigration, counterintelligence is falling behind

The cuts come as a consequence of President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel's focus on violent crime and immigration, leaving other priorities understaffed.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Please help me get the word out to people who might be interested in reading Democracy Americana in German: I hope I can build a readership large enough to carry this experiment of offering my work in two languages (it’s a struggle!). If you want to read the essay in English, you find it here:

steady.page

What Do Authoritarians Do When They Are About to Lose an Election?

Trump’s schemes to subvert the midterms have so far failed. What happens next? A reflection on the threat as well as the limits of authoritarian escalation

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The German version of my latest essay is out: What Do Authoritarians Do When They Are About to Lose an Election? Trump’s schemes to subvert the midterms have so far failed. What happens next? A reflection on the threat as well as the limits of authoritarian escalation.

steady.page

Was tun autoritäre Regierungen, wenn sie kurz davor stehen, Wahlen zu…

Trumps Versuche, die Kongresswahlen zu manipulieren, sind bislang gescheitert. Wie geht es nun weiter? Über die Gefahren – und die Grenzen – einer autoritären Eskalation

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Sam Tyler @sflgt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

These people always say what they are going to do. It is going to happen. They are REALLY going to go for it. General strike and nationwide protests in the order of 60 million people is the ONLY way it's gonna get stopped, in all likelihood.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

U.S. forces are retreating. That's what this means. "Pulled out and returned to their home stations in the U.S. as potential Iranian threats raise base security concerns" is a fancy way of saying the Iranian military has the U.S. military in retreat. This is unbelievably embarrassing.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I do not mean to single out LeBron James, but it feels completely bizarre to me that an active player is allowed to promote "prediction markets" but would get banned for life for using that service to bet ten dollars on their own team to win a game.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

The press will do stories on Republican sex creeps, but it will never, ever point out -- much less make an ongoing narrative out of -- the fact that the GOP has been *ridden* with sex creeps for decades. You have to be blind not to see the pattern.

nytimes.com

Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)

The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.

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Sam Tyler @sflgt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Huge problem... the main issue is the failure in *conviction*... we have the knowledge sorted, but it is getting clouded because our political society's thymos and courage have been eroded... we no longer have the strength of conviction to stand up for what our guts know to be right and wrong.

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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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Sam Tyler @sflgt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

CBS running cover for pedophiles...

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Sam Tyler @sflgt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

To be clear, both the NYT experts and readers did a pretty good job, but the *actual* list for the top tv shows ever is actually: 1) True Detective season 1 (only season 1) 2) The Wire 3) Arrested Development 4) Fleabag 5) 30 Rock 6) Andor 7) Fawlty Towers ...

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When was the last time the press ran a story about republicans making intemperate remarks about democrats? Fretting about whether republicans are doing enough to be bipartisan, to reach out to the forgotten voters who favor the democrats?

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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Pro Publica’s bombshell report is as detailed a story about government corruption as you’re going to get. And Susan Collins is right in the middle of it.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026

the idea that rufo has, at any point in his public career, been a sincere advocate for “colorblind meritocracy” is brain dead

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The man who took out full page ads demanding the death penalty for five Black and Latino teenagers falsely accused of rape is out here worried that the seven majority white Cornell frat boys accused of rape "won't get a fair shake".

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Sam Tyler @sflgt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is so comically illegal and now widespread that we as a society are going to have to mount a MASSIVE psychological effort to follow-through on effectively pushing back through legal means, regulation, and consistent re-establishment of privacy as a norm and inextricable part of liberty.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026

I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings

time.com

Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript

The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.

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Sam Tyler @sflgt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I spend multiple classes every year teaching social contract theory through the lense of consent not only because it is very much at issue in Hobbes-Locke-Rousseau, but also because it is directly essential for students (my all-male students) to learn about directly and explicitly...

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Sam Tyler @sflgt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

the big reveal is when he legally changes his first name to Carl...

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Real Stories - not the GOP's.

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Sam Tyler @sflgt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Literally comic-book movie villain stuff...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Karl Rove warns that the Texas GOP is being taken over by Nazis. “In the last 48 hours, Ted Cruz has reached out to me and says, ‘We’re losing,’ Ken Paxton has sent me several emails saying, ‘I’m losing, I need your help. Even the Republicans are admitting that they’re behind.”

sacurrent.com

Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'

The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.

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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026

Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sure, the 2024 election was one too, but 2026 might be the clearest intelligence test ever presented to the American electorate. Taken at face value, he's saying he stole hundreds of billions from the gov't, hid it somewhere Congress can't reach, and he pinky swears he will give you a piece. Really.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A great illustration of the way social media has essentially shredded society’s informational immune system: The USSR spent a fortune trying to spread conspiracy theories, without success because they couldn’t crack newsrooms. Today, you can reach the globe with a post that costs $20 to make.

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Sam Tyler @sflgt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

He's one of the top-5 or so public intellectuals out there imo. You'd be insane not to follow his work and support him. Just an incredible scholar and public writer on the descent of this political society.

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Sam Tyler @sflgt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've gotta say - I expected this to happen sooner, but, ultimately, the impact will likely land in the exact way I expected and the exact way the Iranians are planning. I've been surprised that the market has been so slow to react; I guess China's pivot to green helped mitigate, but still...

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Sam Tyler @sflgt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

After every political society begins to collapse, whether it recovers or not, there are trials and recriminations. Ours will be the same, and these will be righteous vindication. These evil bastards are morons and are destroying the nation in every way imaginable.

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