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Ed Forgotson

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ITEP @itep.org · 13/10/2026
Shoe maker Steve Madden received $92 million in tariff refunds. After noting that it was “pleased overall with consumer acceptance of the price increases,” the company says it will use those tariff refunds to “pay down debt.” itep.org/trump-tariff...
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The Biggest Winners from Trump’s Tariff Refunds are Big Corporations
The Trump administration has been forced to pay out over $100 billion from illegal tariffs, and the biggest winners from these tariff refunds have been big corporations.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 14h
Core producer price index up 0.5% in September, 5.0% year-over-year www.bls.gov/news.release... That's not good inflation news.
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Producer Price Index News Release summary - 2026 M09 Results
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5h
Ludicrous framing here from @nytimes.com. No serious Dems ever thought these would be slam dunks. And it's premature to let a centrist group get in a self-interested shot like this before we even know if these candidates will actually fare worse in the elections than other ones. Indefensible.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 9h
NEW: Ex-Congressman Matt Gaetz sued in federal court in Florida for his alleged role in a sex trafficking scheme involving young women, drugs, and traveling across state lines to obtain commercial sex acts from these young women.
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 10h
howling www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u...
Ms. Lewis George has backed off, but in Portland, D.S.A. defiance might be an asset rather than a dead weight. Mr. Green's anti-police posts were "painful and sad," said Olivia Clark, a more moderate councilor. But, she added, "there's no doubt this gave him a bounce."

"That's one thing about these kids: They don't apologize," she said of Mr. Green, 44.
"They double down, and some people really like it."
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 14/10/2026
Supreme Court justices have lifetime appointments. For most of the Court’s history, that translated to a median of 15 years of service, but in the past 60 years, that number has ballooned to 25 years. bit.ly/3VmxQ7X
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How Supreme Court Terms Have Changed over Time
This interactive data visualization shows how justices are serving longer terms than ever before.
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Stacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
One reason prices are soaring: Amazon uses at least 3 different price-fixing tactics to compel competing retailers to raise their prices. How is that possible? This smart 15-minute Business Insider video explains, drawing on evidence uncovered ahead of Amazon's upcoming antitrust trials.
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How Amazon Drove Prices Up At Other Stores
The state of California is accusing Amazon of a price-fixing scheme that pushes wholesale vendors to raise prices at competing stores like Target, Walmart, Chewy, and Best Buy. And the state says,…
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
EU leaders rage-posting on SpaceX’s X about SpaceX’s Starlink helping Russia against EU will only encourage Musk to flex his power against democracy EU leaders simultaneously leaving X and launching competition to Starlink would get his attention
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Incredible sentence www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/u...
Ms. Collins, who supports abortion rights, has stood by her vote for Mr. Kavanaugh as it has become a central issue in the election.
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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
New: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin have reached a deal to abolish NYC's horse carriage industry — a critical breakthrough in a decadeslong, politically fraught effort to ban the tourist attraction. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Mamdani and City Council strike deal to ban NYC horse carriage industry
The deal marks a major breakthrough in a long-running effort to outlaw the industry. It is also likely to inflame Mamdani’s relationship with a powerful local union.
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Many Starlink terminals in Ukraine are financed by Poland. Its Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has put Elon Musk on notice regarding the evolving situation.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Still trying to understand how Napster got shut down, but Anthropic is going public and still hasn’t paid us authors yet after stealing our work.
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"The Pentagon has named one of its own public affairs officials to run the publication Stars & Stripes, and he will keep his Pentagon job while doing it. This places a single official inside both the office that shapes the military's message, and the newsroom charged with covering it independently"
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Pentagon PR Official Takes Over Stars and Stripes Months After Editor, Publisher Kicked Out
Christian Devine, an executive director and principal adviser in the Pentagon's public affairs office, was appointed weeks after terminations.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Billions of dollars’ worth of contracts predicting oil would fall and the S&P 500 would rise were placed about 15 minutes before Trump announced a U-turn on Iran in a post on Truth Social. CFTC staff began to investigate...then were told to lay off. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades
Chairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
5. At the time what we could see from the outside is that a lot of IRS career leaders were resigning, with stories that they were resisting the DOGE press to illegally grab data because they did not want to be blamed. What I wrote at the time was on the left. Lewis gives the insider perspective.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 13/10/2026
40% of *everything being shipped everywhere on Earth* is fossil fuels Just an absolute laughing-stock clown-show of an energy source. This is laughably absurd, why do we treat this like it's normal and good Fossil fuels are a satirical fuel www.irena.org/-/media/File...
Global shipping transports fossil fuels and runs on oil: 40% of shipped products are fossil fuels or derivatives, while 99% of international shipping’s energy demand is met by oil-based fuels.
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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“Musk then prevented any community notes from appearing on Sortor’s post for many hours, ensuring that no one could debunk the bogus claim before it reached tens of millions of people, and suspended accounts that dug into its veracity” @lebassett.bsky.social www.laura-bassett.com/p/anatomy-of...
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Anatomy of a fake scandal
WSJ obtained video of Ken Paxton partying with literal fugitives in Dubai, so Republicans panicked and invented a story about Talarico checking into a psych hospital. It backfired.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13/10/2026
Zelenskyy says Ukraine received no warning from partners before Russia’s overnight attack with 100+ drones and missiles, incl 5 ballistic strikes on civilian infrastructure in Kyiv. Ukraine had paused refinery strikes for 2 days after Trump’s energy ceasefire announcement, Russia continued attacks.
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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Saudi Arabia stopped issuing missile warnings because “citizens had complained they were being woken by them at night.” Timour Azhari, @reuters.com: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Saudi warning system stayed silent before deadly airport attacks
The government has not said why there were no alerts to the public. Their absence raises questions about Saudi Arabia's vulnerability to ‌attack and about its ability to protect residents and visitors...
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Call it what it is: a lie. Republicans Promoted a False Rumor That James Talarico Was in Ohio www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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Republicans Promoted a False Rumor That James Talarico Was in Ohio
The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely bef...
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Call it what it is: a lie. Elon Musk’s megaphone propels conspiracy theory about James Talarico www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Elon Musk’s megaphone propels conspiracy theory about James Talarico
The billionaire has a history of elevating false claims like the one about the Democratic Senate nominee, but his control of X gives him outsize influence ahead of the midterms.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Your regular reminder that neither politicians nor voters anywhere really care about debt & deficits, as everyone's revealed preferences continue to demonstrate, despite the lip service to the contrary.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 13/10/2026
The Department of Justice admitted that the Trump administration kept running the ads after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order, blaming the error on a missed email.
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Trump DOJ Apologizes After Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda Ads Defy Judge's Order to Stop
The Department of Justice admitted that the Trump administration kept running the ads after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order, blaming the error on a missed email.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Google searches for health disinformation plunged after Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centers. How much “turbo cancer” & ivermectin nonsense is fueled by Russian bots, and how many Americans have they killed? Bots spread disinformation. Humans search for it. When bots go down, so do searches.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 12/10/2026
A couple notes: 1. This will be a livestreamed Q&A with the director, not a stream of the documentary. Sorry for any confusion! 2. Video of the full Q&A will be available online after the fact, in case you can't watch live.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/10/2026
A Republican super PAC trying to influence a crucial Senate race in Maine spent thousands of dollars running an attack ad in the wrong Portland, targeting voters thousands of miles away in Oregon.
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Anti-Troy Jackson Ad Runs in Oregon, Not Maine
An executive with the Republican super PAC that paid for the ad attacking Mr. Jackson, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, blamed its vendor running the ad in Oregon.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
Trump on Jon Husted: "I don't do this with men very often. I started examining his body, because I didn't know he was a great athlete ... I looked at his ass"
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13/10/2026
Ads intended for voters in Portland, Maine, were accidentally played some 2,500 miles away, in Portland, Oregon. Voters in Oregon were confused why they were seeing attacks aimed at Troy Jackson, who is running as a Democrat for U.S. Senate in Maine.
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Voters in Portland (Oregon) get ads meant for Portland (Maine)
The ad buyer admitted the mistake and refunded the money to the political group that ordered it.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/10/2026
To "revel in the death of those who truly deserve it...is normal, good, and aligned with our natural and national order," Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey wrote on X.
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Pete Hegseth's firing squad livestream has fans in the defense industry
Co-founders of Palantir and defense tech firm Anduril are defending "public and brutal" executions.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Important points to remember these days. Solar and wind power use almost no water. Natural gas and coal power use HUGE amounts of water.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“All Vladimir Putin has to do is tell his soldiers to stop fighting, and then the war is over. The Ukrainians cannot stop fighting because, if they do, their country will be conquered.” If our major news organizations understand that, they don’t care. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2026
Q: You said Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire, but both sides said they have not agreed to that TRUMP: Well they agreed, you know why? Because I said 'you agree.' That's why.
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 12/10/2026
More than 400 trees were cut down in D.C.'s East Potomac Park this weekend. A furious federal judge said the government failed to give proper notice of the work amid an ongoing lawsuit.
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Furious judge orders freeze after 400 trees are cut down in East Potomac Park
The Trump administration says the tree removal has nothing to do with the president’s plan to renovate the park into a championship-level golf course.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12/10/2026
Ukrainian officials said Monday that Russia has continued to strike Ukraine’s energy facilities even after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a day earlier that the warring countries had agreed on an “energy ceasefire” in the 4 1/2-year-old war.
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Kyiv says Russian strikes on energy facilities continue despite Trump's 'energy ceasefire'
Ukrainian officials say Russia continues to strike Ukraine's energy facilities despite U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of an "energy ceasefire."
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Like just amazing how quickly this story was memory holed. The chair of the Approproations Committee had secretly been in a memory care facility for the last six months. Her staff decided to just… not tell anyone this. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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A Congresswoman With Dementia Stopped Coming to Work. The DC Press Corps Never Noticed.
Here’s the story behind how the media missed the story.
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A year and a half later, Tom Kean, who is actively running for reelection right now, disappeared for a few months. Turns out it was for, well, something very close to was was fabricated about Talarico. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Missing congressman Tom Kean explains mysterious four-month absence
New Jersey Republican Tom Kean Jr, told fellow lawmakers that depression was the reason he had been away since March.
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The most darkly comedic irony of the micro-mass-hysteria event that was the attempted Talarico smear on Twitter this weekend is in the last Congress there were two Republican members who literally were in mental health facilities including one who had secretly been there for six months.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Europe criticizes Trump for easing sanctions on Russian diesel, Trump admin accuses Europe of hypocrisy b/c it still buys Russian oil/gas. Worth noting that the main EU buyers of Russian oil are Hungary/Slovakia. Orbán had blocked EU sanctions until he got an exemption from Trump last Nov.
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Trump exempts Hungary from Russian oil sanctions for 1 year
The deal was revealed after the U.S. president met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the White House.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“.. In Maine, the cost to fill a standard heating-oil tank as of Wednesday was $1,650, up roughly 80 percent from a year earlier ..” @nytimes.com #MEsen www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
AP: "A senior U.S. official said Sunday that Trump and Rubio are 'extremely pissed off' by Guilfoyle’s reported conduct and would likely decide on what action to take this week after Monday’s Columbus Day holiday."
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AP source: Trump, Rubio weigh firing US envoy to Greece after mounting reports of improper conduct
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series of reports alleging she has engaged in improper and possibl...
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: Maybe it's time to take a good look at all these deaths in the Epstein-Trump orbit. jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/dead-men-t...
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Dead men tell no Epstein-Trump tales
When witnesses, whistleblowers and accusers die, it’s time to look at whether they have anything in common. Here is a list of some of the recent deaths.
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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Clip of the David Brooks quote that’s going around, if you want to see it.
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Greene’s pre-Congress career included her video harassing and threatening AOC through her locked office door‘s mail slot and stalking teenage David Hogg. Her 1st D opponent withdrew from the campaign & fled the state. Her 2nd had to campaign in a bullet proof vest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...
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Threats of Political Violence Have America’s Elected Officials Living in Fear (Gift Article)
A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office.
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Ed Forgotson @thecrowtoldme.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ol’ Frank Lloyd Wright was onto this a while ago… franklloydwright.org/site/hanna-h...
Hanna House floor plan showing hexagonal grid design.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 10/10/2026
welp
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
US threatens to block arms for Ukraine over attacks on Russian refineries www.ft.com/content/68fd...
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US threatens to block arms for Ukraine over attacks on Russian refineries
Officials lobby European capitals and Kyiv following Trump’s diesel deal with Putin
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News for 38 Year Olds @newsfor38yearolds.com · 11/10/2026
Bipartisan group of senators calls on Trump to 'reverse course' on Russian diesel plan PBS News www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/bipar… Subscribe →
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Bipartisan group of senators calls on Trump to 'reverse course' on Russian diesel plan
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?
Elon Musk: “Zelensky has gone too far”

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109033017184338141
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Check out the music video we put together from clips from "Musk," to celebrate DAvid Byrne's song, "Let Me Sell You a Dream," written by David and Daniel Pemberton. theplaylist.net/musk-david-b...
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‘Musk’ Music Video: David Byrne Turns Elon Musk’s Own Words Against Him In New Song For Alex Gibney Documentary
David Byrne and Daniel Pemberton release the music video for 'Let Me Sell You a Dream,' a new song using Elon Musk's own words.
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Katie Clark Gray @katiecgray.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I am glad the NYT has the resources to do this kind of deep, original reporting. (I am still reading so these are early thoughts) Editorially though, it is a wild choice to not use Melissa Hortman's name in the intro ("a legis yet include Charlie Kirk, who is *not an elected official*
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