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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 9h
In the 1940s, The Nation asked questions about the atomic bomb we’re asking of artificial intelligence today.
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This AI Panic Is Nothing New
In the 1940s, The Nation asked questions about the atomic bomb we’re asking of artificial intelligence today.
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chrislehmann @chrislehmann.bsky.social · 12h
The Trumpaganda phase of democratic decline: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Trump Is Using Your Taxpayer Money to Pay for Illegal Election Propaganda
But as brazen and authoritarian as the provenance of these ad spots are, they seem likely to backfire.
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Counterstream Media @counterstream.bsky.social · 12h
A People’s Climate with @thenation.com is back for Season 2 🔥 Our guests are exposing and challenging the corporate and political forces blocking real change — from Big Oil and militarism to over-policing and the Supreme Court. 🌱 Hosted by @shilpichhotray.bsky.social 🎙️ Trailer: buff.ly/MuXYWhG
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 12h
Trump’s new TV ads, paid for by taxpayers, are blatant violations of the law—and likely to backfire. New from @chrislehmann.bsky.social:
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Trump Is Using Your Taxpayer Money to Pay for Illegal Election Propaganda
But as brazen and authoritarian as the provenance of these ad spots are, they seem likely to backfire.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 13h
As the high-profile sexual assault case at Cornell gains national attention, Cornell students want accountability from university leadership in protecting the perpetrators, and a reckoning on campus sexual violence. Jeannine Chiang reports:
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As Cornell’s Rape Case Draws National Attention, Students Want Accountability.
A new lawsuit alleging that a former student was drugged and gang-raped by Chi Phi fraternity members is sparking outrage in the Cornell community.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 28/09/2026
Jenn Steinfeld joins Fighting Fascism to explain how David Morales’s campaign built a volunteer-powered field operation focused on grassroots organizing and movement building.
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How David Morales Won, Part 2—With Jenn Steinfeld
Jenn Steinfeld joins Fighting Fascism to explain how David Morales’s campaign built a volunteer-powered field operation focused on grassroots organizing and movement building.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 28/09/2026
Between a budget crisis and a cost-of-living squeeze, Macron is leaving a country feeling more insecure than ever—and ready to take to the streets.
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Emmanuel Macron’s Turbulent Exit
Between a budget crisis and a cost-of-living squeeze, Macron is leaving a country feeling more insecure than ever—and ready to take to the streets.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 27/09/2026
The trouble at Irvine began three years after UCI welcomed its first class of students, in 1967. A middling Hollywood export named Ronald Reagan had just been elected governor…
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The Promises and Compromises of the University of California
I grew up in a neighborhood manufactured by the University of California, Irvine. It felt like a utopia for academics—until the university forsook its mission of serving the public.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 26/09/2026
Despite being embroiled in scandal, the Maine senator is benefiting from Democratic Party divisions.
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Susan Collins Is Corrupt. She Still Might Be Reelected.
Despite being embroiled in scandal, the Maine senator is benefiting from Democratic Party divisions.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 25/09/2026
On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting and New York Climate Week, Gavin Newsom called AOC “the real damn deal.”
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Gavin Newsom Comments on Climate
On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting and New York Climate Week, the California governor called AOC “the real damn deal.”
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Samantha Schuyler @sdschuyler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Are you an early-career journalist with an eye for detail and curiosity about the world of fact-checking? This might be for you! Send any questions to samantha@thenation.com
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Samantha Schuyler @sdschuyler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We're now accepting applications for the winter/spring 2027 session of @thenation.com internship! 🔴 $20/hr, 35 hrs/week 🔴 6 months long, starting January 4 🔴 application deadline November 20 thenationfund.org/internship-a...
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Internship Application – The Nation Fund for Independent Journalism
Application Procedure Applicants must submit the following through the Submittable application: The internship is full-time, five days a week. (Interns work 35 hours per week.) Interns are paid $20 pe...
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 25/09/2026
Autumn Hill was sentenced to 50 years in prison for protesting outside the Prairieland Detention Center, forced into a men's prison despite being a trans woman. This week, she talked to Grace Byron from behind bars:
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A Message From Prairieland Prisoner Autumn Hill: "Don't Be Afraid"
I talked to the political prisoner about the politics of love, her case, surviving as a trans woman in a men's prison, and how she makes it through the day.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just putting this out there. If Democrats win the midterms, we need a full-court press to reverse the damage Russell Vought and RFK Jr. have caused. No half-measures will do. Put on your big boy pants and get to work. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Trump Is Destroying Public Health. Democrats Need to Fight Back.
If they win in the midterms, the party must move quickly and aggressively to undo the harm Trump and his cronies have caused.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 24/09/2026
What else can Johnson claim as a legacy? He tried to bottle up legislation calling on the Trump administration to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, but had to put it to a vote because so many Republicans were fed up with the stonewalling.
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A Premature Farewell to the Ignominious Speaker Mike Johnson
If Democrats win the House in the midterms, as expected, Mike Johnson won’t hold the gavel in any meaningful way again.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 24/09/2026
"It’s staggering, and it’s also telling that skilled, longtime political operators think they don’t have to answer for these things."
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How Joe Biden Helped Cause a Genocide In Gaza
An interview with reporter Akbar Shahid Ahmed about his new book, “Crossing the Red Line.”
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So grateful to @jackmirkinson.bsky.social @thenation.com for a detailed discussion of why CROSSING THE RED LINE is key to a foreign policy that's more humane, effective and accountable to those paying officials' salaries. Please support this message by buying the book: bookshop.org/p/books/cros...
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Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel's War in Gaza
Following Hamas's horrific October 7 attack, Israel launched an offensive of staggering violence in Gaza, saying it targeted militants while regularly striking hospitals, schools, and homes. Criticall...
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"The reason we need to look at the Biden admin's atrocious policymaking on Gaza is exemplified by this week at the UN.. The biggest event yesterday was [his advisor] Brett McGurk [on Syria]—which shows you architects of this policy are coming back to shape our era" www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today in @thenation.com: I had a great chat with @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social about his essential new book on Joe Biden's support for the Gaza genocide. It is as damning a portrait of a president and his administration as you will ever read. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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How Joe Biden Helped Cause a Genocide In Gaza
An interview with reporter Akbar Shahid Ahmed about his new book, “Crossing the Red Line.”
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Republicans won in 2024 arguing Democrats were too obsessed with trans people to focus on the economy. As billionaires like Elon Musk flood the airwaves with anti-trans ads amid Trump's own floundering economy, Democrats have a chance to flip the tables. My latest for @thenation.com
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Transphobia Isn’t Winning Votes. But It Is Making Our Lives Much Worse.
Trans people must now live out another election cycle knowing our friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors are being flooded with agitprop designed to dehumanize us.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 23/09/2026
In Ohio, Texas, and Alaska, Democratic candidates have taken the lead, with top-line numbers high enough for party leaders to be reasonably confident that undecided voters can’t save the day for the MAGA right by breaking for the Republican candidate at the 11th hour.
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The GOP’s Incredible Shrinking Senate Map
Trump has so badly damaged the Republican Party’s brand that strategists are contemplating bitter fights—and losses—in races they’d been banking on as sure things.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 23/09/2026
ICYMI: Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly tomorrow. While he is in New York, the US has the authority to arrest and prosecute him for breaking US law. bit.ly/4ABo6Xx
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How to Arrest Benjamin Netanyahu
Make no mistake: The United States can seize Netanyahu for crimes under US law and prosecute him in US courts when he is in New York City this week.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 23/09/2026
In a meeting with mayors from around the globe, Mamdani argued that the left must fix everyday problems—or the right will find someone to scapegoat for them.
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Zohran Mamdani Hosts the World
In a meeting with mayors from around the globe, Mamdani argued that the left must fix everyday problems—or the right will find someone to scapegoat for them.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 22/09/2026
“I haven’t talked to any service member who said that they are scared of dying in a war that they don’t believe in...They’re scared of killing in a war that they don’t believe in.”
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As Morale Sags, More Military Service Members Are Having a Crisis of Conscience
According to multiple GI rights organizations, service members are inquiring in unprecedented numbers about seeking conscientious objector status.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 22/09/2026
The Nation talked to Democratic nominee for Texas Governor @ginafortexas.bsky.social about redistricting, her opponent's corporate ties, and whether Texas could finally go blue this November:
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Gina Hinojosa: “We Flip Texas, and It’s Over”
Talking to Texas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa about what redistricting could mean and how a new generation of Democrats is speaking more directly to voters.
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Jake Romm @jakeromm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
On the eve of Netanyahu's visit to the UN, We (@hindrajabfoundation.be) are in @thenation.com arguing that the US is both able & obligated to arrest him under US law But it won't act, which is why lawmakers must begin taking concrete steps to hold Israeli perpetrators accountable.
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How to Arrest Benjamin Netanyahu
Make no mistake: The United States can seize Netanyahu for crimes under US law and prosecute him in US courts when he is in New York City this week.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 22/09/2026
Last night on the eve of the of the United Nations General Assembly, @sanders.senate.gov delivered a foreign policy address at the historic Riverside Church. Read his full remarks here:
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Bernie Sanders: “People Are Sick and Tired of the Status Quo. People Want Change”
Exclusive: Read the text of a major foreign-policy address delivered by the independent senator at Riverside Church.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 22/09/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to visit New York this week to address the UN General Assembly. @jakeromm.bsky.social of the @hindrajabfoundation.be breaks down how the United States has the legal ability to arrest and prosecute Netanyahu for crimes under U.S. law:
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How to Arrest Benjamin Netanyahu
Make no mistake: The United States can seize Netanyahu for crimes under US law and prosecute him in US courts when he is in New York City this week.
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chrislehmann @chrislehmann.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Let the White House press briefings die: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Trump Wants to Keep Journalists Out of the White House. He Should Get His Wish.
The president has banned MS NOW, CNN, and Politico from attending press briefings. The rest of the media should respond with a boycott.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 21/09/2026
"Republicans have many reasons to be angry at Hegseth. Not only is the Iran War a fiasco but the consequences of the war, especially rising oil prices, are intensifying at the worst possible moment for the GOP, as voters head to the ballot box for the midterms."
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Even Republicans Are Figuring Out That Pete Hegseth Is a Disaster
Hegseth was always a horrible choice for defense secretary. At long last, some in the GOP are admitting it.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 21/09/2026
As long as we have nuclear weapons, the job of ending humanity will continue to be as easy as the push of a button—or an AI agent hacking into a nuclear command-and-control system.
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In the Age of AI, Nuclear Weapons Abolition Is a Renewed Imperative
As long as we have nuclear weapons, the job of ending humanity will continue to be as easy as the push of a button--or an AI agent hacking into a nuclear command-and-control system.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 19/09/2026
Today, Roy Cohn’s values—or lack thereof—and his right-wing political resentments have replaced the values of that establishment. bit.ly/46uvhCX
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We Are Living Under Roy Cohnian Logic
The political fixer created a career for himself as a self-promoting, ubiquitous hustler. Like Trump, he got away with it by having the right friends.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 19/09/2026
Trump is a runaway train and, despite the urgency of the moment, none of his lackey cabinet members seem even remotely willing to prime the brakes.
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Trump Is a Runaway Train--and Nobody's Pulling the Brakes
Everywhere you look, the president is causing chaos and destruction.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 19/09/2026
In the early 1950s, Roy Cohn destroyed the lives of thousands of civil servants: He targeted closeted homosexuals and was the boyish prosecutor who gleefully sent Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to the electric chair. bit.ly/46uvhCX
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We Are Living Under Roy Cohnian Logic
The political fixer created a career for himself as a self-promoting, ubiquitous hustler. Like Trump, he got away with it by having the right friends.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 18/09/2026
The Trump administration's drug purchasing website is a Big Pharma bait-and-switch.
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Meet TrumpRx
A Big Pharma bait-and-switch.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 18/09/2026
A new documentary depicts the storied Palestinian writer Edward Said as still out of place—and ahead of his time. From @ddguttenplan.bsky.social:
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Edward Said: Between Worlds
A new film biography depicts the Palestinian writer as still out of place—and ahead of his time.
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chrislehmann @chrislehmann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Saying it loud for the Democratic leaders in the room: AI IS A KITCHEN TABLE ISSUE (my latest for @thenation.com) www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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AI Is a Kitchen-Table Issue
And with the Trump administration encouraging unregulated growth in the industry, Democrats need to start acting like it.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 18/09/2026
The consequences of Trump’s malicious presidency are, as the midterms approach, on full display in every corner of public life.
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Trump Is a Runaway Train--and Nobody's Pulling the Brakes
Everywhere you look, the president is causing chaos and destruction.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 18/09/2026
Trump is trapped in a war that has already been lost: a reality he will never allow himself to admit.
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The Peril of Trump’s Final Act: Would He Use a Tactical Nuclear Weapon in Iran?
Trump is trapped in a war that has already been lost, a reality that he will never allow himself to admit.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 18/09/2026
Electric-shock gloves used on students in Nebraska are the latest sign of how policing, surveillance, and military technology have entered American schools.
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Electric Shocks for Kids and the Push to Militarize Schools
Electric-shock gloves used on students in Nebraska are the latest sign of how policing, surveillance, and military technology have entered American schools.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 17/09/2026
Today, Roy Cohn’s values—or lack thereof—and his right-wing political resentments have replaced the values of that establishment. bit.ly/46uvhCX
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We Are Living Under Roy Cohnian Logic
The political fixer created a career for himself as a self-promoting, ubiquitous hustler. Like Trump, he got away with it by having the right friends.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 17/09/2026
Four working class economic populist candidates — Rebecca Cooke, Brian Poindexter, Dan Osborn and Bob Brooks — are running for office against Republicans this cycle. We're tracking their races to see if they can deliver:
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Can These 4 Working-Class Populists Win In November?
We’re keeping an eye on their races to find out. Here’s where things stand.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 17/09/2026
Analysts say the consequences for energy prices and the world economy may be more serious in this later phase of the war in Iran that many had expected to be largely over by now.
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A Spreading War Rattles Global Energy Markets
Analysts say the consequences for energy prices and the world economy may be more serious in this later phase of a war that many had expected to be largely over by now.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 17/09/2026
In the early 1950s, Roy Cohn destroyed the lives of thousands of civil servants: He targeted closeted homosexuals and was the boyish prosecutor who gleefully sent Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to the electric chair. bit.ly/46uvhCX
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We Are Living Under Roy Cohnian Logic
The political fixer created a career for himself as a self-promoting, ubiquitous hustler. Like Trump, he got away with it by having the right friends.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 17/09/2026
The crusade against ballot access, like virtually every other facet of Trump’s agenda, does nothing to serve the interests of “the people,” but our press is too brain-dead to notice.
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Populists Can't Be Populist if They Suppress the Vote
The crusade against ballot access, like virtually every other facet of Trump's agenda, does nothing to serve the interests of “the people,” but our press is too brain-dead to notice.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 16/09/2026
Top Democratic leaders shouldn’t have to be dragged along into backing an ambitious pro-diplomacy agenda; they should be at the frontlines of it.
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The Reality Today Is That Foreign Policy Hawks Are a Minority in the Democratic Party
It is damn time we all started acting like it.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 16/09/2026
In a bizarre Senate committee hearing Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel, on the outs with the Trump administration and rumored to be in danger of losing his job soon, defended his tenure and disrespected Democrats.
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Kash Patel Stands Up for “Victims” of Bestiality
In a bizarre Senate committee hearing, the FBI director defends his tenure and disrespects Democrats.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 16/09/2026
A 2025 study found that 70 percent of adolescents sought reproductive health information through social media platforms.
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When Texas Sex Ed Falls Short, Gen Z Women Turn to Social Media
A 2025 study found that 70 percent of adolescents sought reproductive health information through social media platforms.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 16/09/2026
After the murders of Renée Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the Liberal Gun Club, which has chapters in over 30 states, saw a spike in interest. Reporter Genevieve Morrison hit the gun range to learn why some progressives are embracing firearms:
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Assault Weapons Are Banned in Massachusetts. These Leftists Want to Change That.
The Liberal Gun Club, which has chapters in more than 30 states, reported a spike in interest as ICE raids ratcheted up early this year.
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Speaker Johnson plans to gavel the House of Representatives out of session until November—with no real action on AI threats. That’s irresponsible, anti-democratic and dangerous. Congress should stay in session until it implements robust AI oversight—and approves strong regulation of the industry.
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Editorial | Congress must pump the brakes on AI
Editorial: U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna is right to demand that Congress remain in session until immediate and meaningful oversight action is taken.
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