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Shawn "Smith" Peirce

@silversmith1.bsky.social
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Co-Host & Co-Producer at The Politics Bar thepoliticsbar.com | Fmr. Exec. Producer The Randi Rhodes Show | Longtime Producer, Host, Editor, Writer, Journalist. | Born In Neb | Also at Mastodon, Threads, & Twitter

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026
El-Sayed on Fox: "There is this argument you try to make often is that the best way to take this problem on is more war. How has that worked out for us? The war in Iraq which this channel spent years and years pressing -- has that made us safer? Are we more safe because of the war in Iran?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026
Abdul El-Sayed on Fox News: "I think about MLK. He said this thing I always think about -- 'If your coalition is not uncomfortable, it's not big enough.' A lot of people wonder why I'm having this conversation with you. It's because there are people out there who I want to have a conversation with."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
Trump calls Natalie on stage, checks out her legs, calls her "perfect," then floats creating a reality show w/ her -- & other lowlights from his rally tonight in Nebraska (Including Trump saying of Iran, "Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is very small price to pay")
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
my friend @juddlegum.bsky.social has put together a cool new tool that allows you to photograph political mail and immediately learn who paid for it. Check it out here:
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Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
Paxton on leaked audio: "I've never been in a race where I felt less control over the campaign and what issues are going to matter because it's all coming -- you know -- from DC, and I don't control message or what we're doing, and I don't have ability to change anything."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
Hallie Shoffner, the Democratic candidate running against Tom Cotton, on Morning Joe: "I'll tell you -- over the 450 days that I've been on the campaign trail, not once have I been asked about daylight savings time. Arkansas are talking about gas prices and grocery prices and healthcare."
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TofuNYG 🏈🏳️‍🌈🗽🇺🇦 🚫👑🖕🧊 @groguspeak.bsky.social · 6h
Jos. A. Bank Made in China/Vietnam lol
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 5h
There is a long history in this country of pandering to xenophobia, and treating immigrants as second class citizens; but Americans also have a history of rejecting such repulsive tendencies, as I discussed here.
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Lessons from a Red Scare
The American people are capable of turning the tide against repression.
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Dr Kiddo @drkiddo.bsky.social · 4h
Now Trump has decided to fence off Lafayette Park, another public space in DC. It's not up to him. It's not his park. The White House isn't his house. He's just a squatter. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Inside Trump's Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site (Gift Article)
The president’s proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations.
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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 05/10/2026
A big one: The pro-Dem House Majority PAC is cutting $1.1 million in ad time from #NE02 — a strong indicator that Dems believe Republicans have little chance of holding this open seat. x.com/allymutnick/...
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Shawn "Smith" Peirce @silversmith1.bsky.social · 4h
Better yet, not a nuke. Also @sethhomoofhope.bsky.social, Russia wouldn't help us like that. In fact, I'd say Russia - specifically Putin - is behind the Trumpian chaos here in the U.S., & chaos elsewhere like Brazil. I keep hoping Ukraine takes him out, & suddenly the world gets better.
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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 6h
Stop Licking The Can! #thepoliticsbar Guests: @jojofromjerz.bsky.social & @mmpadellan.bsky.social Catch the latest @thepoliticsbar.bsky.social @jodyhamilton.bsky.social & @silversmith1.bsky.social Follow #MSWMedia for more indie pods! Listen: redcircle.com/shows/9bce8c...
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Jenny In Exile @jennyinexile.bsky.social · 6h
Meanwhile, under another bigoted autocrat...
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India Cut 130 Million From Voter Roll, Fueling Protests Against Modi (Gift Article)
Public anger is growing over an exercise that critics say undermines the world’s largest democracy, particularly disenfranchising Muslims under the Hindu nationalist government.
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Bridget Sweeney @bridgetsweeney1391.bsky.social · 23h
Just purchased my PPV ticket for @stephaniemiller.bsky.social sexy liberal show on October 24!!!! It’s the midterm party of the year!!!!
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Stephanie Miller @stephaniemiller.bsky.social · 8h
TUESDAY! With Jody Hamilton, Charlie Pierce, Jill Wine-Banks & Mike Nellis! Join us 9a-Noon ET on: Radio: SiriusXM Progress 127 TV: Free Speech TV on AppleTV / #AmazonFireTV / Roku / #SlingTV / Streaming: AM950Radio (Twin Cities) on TuneIn Video: PoliticalVoicesNetwork.com
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Audie Cornish @audiecornish.bsky.social · 8h
AI dynamic pricing: Why some pay more for the same product? Lindsay Owens — Author, "Gouged: The End of Fair Price - and What That Means for Your Wallet" / President & CEO, Groundwork Collaborative — shares her insights. #DataPrivacy #ai #costs #Economy #shopping
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 21h
Blanche wants @katiephang.bsky.social Epstein suit tossed as a "generalized grievance" Too many Americans want the files, so nobody gets them? Katie's job is to share things with the public, that's the opposite of a generalized grievance Release the files!
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MeidasClips (@MeidasClips) on X
Katie Phang: "Todd Blanche wants to continue to hide the Epstein files from the American people. He wants to allow the e
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 8h
Car buyers are stretching loans to afford payments — it's a 'potential warning light,' analyst says
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Car buyers are stretching loans to afford payments — it's a 'potential warning light,' analyst says
A record number of car buyers took out 84-month or longer loans in the third quarter, but rising amounts financed are pushing monthly payments to new highs.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
First Lady Natalie Harp sits next to her man in Marine One as they return to the White House last night, then reenters the building after another day of traveling together #TravelWithNatalie (Tasos Katopodis/Getty)
pic of Harp and Trump on the chopperpic of Harp walking back to the White House
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 9h
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 8h
Trump's White House ballroom emerges as a "lose-lose" political situation for his fellow Republicans in the homestretch to the election
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 8h
This one was fun. www.againstallenemies.net/p/run-maga-r...
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Run, MAGA, Run. You’ll Just Die Tired.
Eight terrible tips for Republicans trying to escape Trump.
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Shawn "Smith" Peirce @silversmith1.bsky.social · 8h
The amount of copium I’m seeing & hearing this morning from Republicans, and especially the Repub-friendly mainstream corporate media, is ridiculous. They’re desperate & truly worried about a massive Democratic win. Good. Keep pushing. Make the wave bigger.
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Tom Bonier @tbonier.bsky.social · 18h
This is pretty wild. While the total turnout in VA so far is 23% below where it was at the same point in '24 (expected, given that '24 was a presidential year), total Hispanic turnout is almost 50% ahead of the same point in '24.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18h
A must-watch from Joanne
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Shawn "Smith" Peirce @silversmith1.bsky.social · 17h
I'd rather remove from power a few specifically problematic individuals.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 17h
Why is this not a huge headline everywhere?
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Suzy @suzypugs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Required reading. 🤔 Simply superb.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19h
For over two months, activists sat in a giant tree on the Mexico border to block contractors from clearing it for President Trump’s $46.5 billion border wall expansion. An excavator cut it down after CBP agents raided the camp, demonstrators said.
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They sat atop a ‘grandmother’ tree for months. Border agents knocked it down.
Activists occupied a cottonwood tree in Arizona for more than two months in a standoff with U.S. Customs and Border Protection contractors.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A Texas pediatrician has already paid $15k in legal fees to counter requests from Ken Paxton's office about her vaccine policy. She spoke to the NYT on background after prosecutors threatened this: "You are requested NOT to inform other entities of this request" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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isaac @sevier.io · 19h
It's that others are fighting and winning those struggles that keeps us all going. We won't all win all fights all the time, but if all of us stop, none of us do.
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Shawn "Smith" Peirce @silversmith1.bsky.social · 19h
Right? Drives me crazy too. To be able to beat the monsters, we have to believe we can. And I believe we can, in part because they are SO stupid. Doomerism ain’t the way to be.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19h
... even in those areas, and others where the reality is bad, showing the wins is also reality. It also propels the story forward and shows — or reminds us — that a better way is possible. Insisting on doom is denying hope or the possibility of change. And I just fundamentally don't accept that.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19h
Listen. Things aren't great. I've written more about LGBTQ rights and the death penalty/criminal justice over the past 25+ years than any other topic. I cover the Supreme Court. I know what really bad stories look like. And it is important to tell them forthrightly. But ...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19h
This is a big deal for me and, as I've said a thousand times on here, I think the doomer-narrative of nothing being a win bc Trump and his people lie and cheat is dangerous. They lose. A lot. And rightfully so because they're doing illegal things. And taking those wins is important for democracy.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21h
Yeah, he’s lost the juice.
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Breaking News
Facing backlash, President Trump said his super PAC would pay for ads promoting him that had been paid for by taxpayers.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19h
Anyway, this was what I covered today from this morning: www.lawdork.com/p/oil-compan...
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Oil companies face a skeptical SCOTUS in their effort to stop Boulder’s climate change lawsuit
With Justice Alito recused, eight justices questioned if they should be hearing the case and pushed back on Suncor Energy and Exxon Mobil’s broad constitutional arguments.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/10/2026
We’re moving 10,000 low-income children off the child care voucher waitlist — at absolutely no cost to their families. Eligible families with children ages 6 weeks to 13 years, and through age 19 for children with special needs, will be invited to apply for a voucher on a rolling basis.
Mayor Mamdani and others make an announcement at a podium with signage that reads “Child Care for all”Children hold hands in front of signage that reads “Child Care for all”
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 19h
JUST IN: DOJ files brief w/11th Circuit to overturn ruling quashing subpoena for list of Fulton County election workers. Special prosecutor twice misspells "North" in own title. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lucan Way and I have been writing about competitive authoritarianism for more than 25 years. We never thought we'd write this piece. www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/com...
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Competitive Authoritarianism in America | Journal of Democracy
The United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism. The slide has been modest and remains reversible—but it is real. Even after Donald Trump, American democracy will remain fragile.
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 19h
You do not have to be a parent to feel anger at the details in the latest investigation by @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social and @samanthamichaels.bsky.social. But the white-hot rage I felt as a dad reading this is going to stick with me for some time.
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22h
"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 22h
Kamala Harris on the midterms: Our founders imagined a moment where a tyrant occupied the White House. This is the moment where the power of the people can kick in against the executive branch's abuse of power.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I had a conversation with 120 or so students, faculty & community members at Kenyon College last week. I walked away more hopeful about stuff but still deeply concerned with where this country is at. I explain here. Let me know what you think.👇 socialcontractwithjoewalsh.substack.com/p/an-evening...
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An Evening At Kenyon College That Gave Even A Dark Irishman Like Me A Wee Bit Of Hope.
Tales From The Road
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Shawn "Smith" Peirce @silversmith1.bsky.social · 22h
Picture via @reuters.com from Trump's rally in Alabama with lots of empty seats behind him. The orange bastard can cry all he wants. He cannot bully reality into submission.
Picture via Reuters from Trump's rally in Alabama with lots of empty seats behind him.
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Shawn "Smith" Peirce @silversmith1.bsky.social · 23h
We've got friends in the bar tonight to talk about love, hate, misogyny, & licking trash cans. Seriously. Grab a drink & join us at the bar in just a few minutes on great stations like Progressive Voices Radio! Listen in: www.progressivevoices.com
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The Politics Bar @thepoliticsbar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today’s “News On Tap” is awash with campaign & elections news - & some news about accountability too. Plus SCOTUS & war news, with entertainment & sports too. Read up & get informed! www.thepoliticsbar.com/p/news-on-ta...
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The Politics Bar @thepoliticsbar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This drink commemorates a major event in U.S. politics, one that changed U.S. politics forever… www.thepoliticsbar.com/p/dotd-for-m...
Collage of The Politics Bar logo, Drink Of The Day description, date, and photo of drink
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
I could hug @anandwrites.bsky.social for this. This is so true but you NEVER hear it in US media. Never. Truly doing god's work.
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