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Steve Burd

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Senior Writer and Editor in New America's Education Policy Program. Views expressed here are mine alone.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOW
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A nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner’s corruption.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/07/2026
If you have a second home in New York City worth more than $5M, check your mailbox when you're back in the five boroughs — because you've got mail.
Today, we sent notification letters to property owners, letting them know that our new pied-à-terre tax is coming soon.
The best city in the world deserves the best parks, libraries, and schools in the world. That's only possible when we all pay our fair share.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
good SCOTUS stepped in and put an end to illegal tariffs www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/b...
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Trump Prepares Yet Another Strategy to Resurrect Global Tariffs
The administration’s 10 percent global tariffs are set to expire at midnight, but officials have been preparing replacements.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Jeff Timmer: Fun Fact: The President of the goddam United States paid nearly $6 million in damages today to a woman he raped. Once upon a time, this would have been the only news you heard.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/06/2026
Several diabetes experts were escorted out of an influential medical conference by the police on Friday after they handed out copies of an editorial criticizing the Trump administration’s attacks on scientific research.
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Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration
Several of those escorted out were scheduled to present at the American Diabetes Association conference this weekend.
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Sara Margarita Medina Ramos @sarammedinaramis.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
For clarification...
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Brett Shaw @brettshaw.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Corruption in plain sight. It will take a decade to fix this debacle. #TrumpCorruption
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/05/2026
MeidasTouch: What do you make of this $1.776 billion fund— Gavin Newsom: It’s a criminal enterprise. It’s not just corruption, it’s not just graft, it’s a full-on criminal enterprise and it needs to be shut down.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
As in any business, one way to grow the audience is when your competition screws up. That's exactly what's happening at ABC's World News Tonight. It's added nearly 1-million viewers so far this year thanks in part to Bari Weiss' mistakes at CBS. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
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The CBS Evening News may never recover from Bari Weiss' meddling
Just how bad are things at CBS? Insiders & seasoned pros say it's a train wreck, calamity, crisis, sinking ship & disaster as the marquee evening newscast hits new lows “not seen in this century.”
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I Fully Endorse this Idea….
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Can someone let the AP know that violating court orders is not a sign of "executive power. " It is a sign of contempt, lawlessness and authoritarianism.
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🍂k a r e n🍂 @andthenisleep.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The supreme court betrayed Black voters, they betrayed America, and they betrayed our democracy.” - Barack Obama
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 26/04/2026
Everyone immediately assuming that an attempt on the President is staged is probably not a sign of a healthy democracy.
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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
It's not a counterpunch, guys. The pope didn't throw a punch. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/u...
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Oh. So they want Obama’s nuclear deal minus Obama’s signature. Got it.
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dholderz.bsky.social @dholderz.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Fox News is Poison
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The Iran debacle has obscured it some, but Republicans are shuffling deck chairs and tweaking rhetoric in an effort to placate voters alarmed by the antivax and anti-immigrant administration. You’ll be shocked to learn all deception. www.offmessage.net/p/donald-tru...
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Donald Trump's Fake Makeover
Republicans, in a blind panic about the midterms, are pretending to course correct.
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Crary @crary.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I think the answer to that one is that Putin already has the inside track.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 06/03/2026
No interruptions, please. We’re building universal child care.
Mayor Mamdani and a child play with Legos while looking very serious and concentrated. The child is impossibly adorable and wearing tiny blue glasses.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 08/03/2026
So Russia is helping Iran target American troops. Ukraine is offering drone defense. Guess who Trump NEVER ONCE has EVER criticized? Correct. Russia
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/03/2026
Kelly: "You could pick a random group of people off the street tonight here in DC and they could probably do a better job than our government is doing right now. They don't have a goal, there's no strategic plan. And what this is likely to lead to is, again, a long war with a lot of dead Americans."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I don't think "affair" is the really right term when he was texting a congressional aide explicit messages and she wrote back "this is going too far, boss"
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence. And then he bragged about it on X later.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
It's also worth noting that the primary driver of Trump's tanking numbers is the deep unpopularity of two central pillars of right wing populism, tariffs and immigration restrictionism. The story we were told about 2024 was that it revealed a durable right wing populist turn. It's not materializing.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
As we dig into this scandal, can we revisit the question about why the president's son-in-law, who has no formal role in this administration, keeps showing up at high-level negotiations with actual world leaders?
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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Education & Work @educationwork.newamerica.org · 12/02/2026
Universities often break their own enrollment records. But some wealthy ones do it by quietly pushing low-income families into crushing debt. 🎓 Here, our #HigherEd expert @stephenburd.bsky.social exposes how some #FinancialAid strategies steer students toward risky loans.
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How Universities Use Subprime Loans to Steer Low-Income Families Into Debt
A new report identifies 41 universities that steer low-income families to Parent PLUS loan debt they cannot afford, at the same time that they provide large tuition discounts to wealthier students.
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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
If you ever want to feel like you live in “the ruins of a once great civilization,” then read a local daily paper from the middle of last century — our predecessors had more and better knowledge of their neighbors, their societies, and their local democracies than we do about our own.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
My favorite genre of Epstein emails are powerful people emailing WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN about how MeToo has gone too far and the woke mob must be stopped.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Remarkable: Trump's planned migrant prison camps are hitting deep resistance in red areas. In Virginia's partly rural Hanover (+26 Trump) opposition is intense. GOP leaders in other states are opposed. Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2060...
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Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country
The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Sadly, this is NOT satire.
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VT Commons @vtcommons.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The President of the United States is compromised. It is time for Congress to act. Now!
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 28/01/2026
It wasn’t enough for Stephen Miller that these American citizens were murdered by ICE and CBP, he had to slander them with lies after their deaths. Miller is a deranged, bloodthirsty bigot, and his policies put lives at risk every day he remains in power. Fire Stephen Miller.
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Flipturns 🏊‍♀️ 📷 🦋 @flipturns.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Minnesota Anthem youtu.be/uozLlmUhzZY?...
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Minnesota Anthem
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Steve Burd @stephenburd.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
In part, the Epstein story and hus celebrity friends is about the worship of wealth in this country, and the willingness to look the other way if you can benefit from it.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Destroy one of the oldest and most beloved entertainment properties in the world, get paid $567 million
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Unsurprisingly, the president's reaction to the murder of Rob Reiner confirmed that he is indeed one of the most vile men ever to occupy the White House.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Party of law and order
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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
My statement on McMahon's plan to dismember the U.S. Department of Education. www.newamerica.org/education-po...
The Trump administration’s latest attempt to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education (ED) is lawless, wasteful, and bad for students. 

This deeply unpopular administration lacks the votes in Congress to shut down ED. That’s why Secretary McMahon is creating a bureaucratic Rube Goldberg machine that will waste millions of taxpayer dollars by outsourcing vital programs to other agencies. It’s like paying a contractor double to mow your lawn and then claiming you’ve cut the home maintenance budget. It makes no sense. 

The American people overwhelmingly oppose shutting down ED. Congress won’t allow it. Nobody wants this, other than a few Heritage Foundation zealots who hate public schools. 

The Department of Education was created to give all students a fair chance for opportunity. Everything about the Trump-McMahon agenda moves America in the opposite direction—less money for high-poverty schools, fewer protections for students with disabilities, diminished access to college. 

This action is illegal, inefficient, and wrong. If Secretary McMahon doesn’t believe she can do her job, she and her senior staff should return their paychecks and immediately resign.
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
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