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LetTeddyWin @blog.letteddywin.com · 07/09/2026
The 2026 Washington Nationals have tied the MLB all-time record for blown saves at 37.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This chart will figure prominently in a future historian's best-seller, "Self-Destruction: The End of the American Era."
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/08/2026
After 17 years of teaching science at West Point, a professor says he was suddenly ordered last year to cut from his curriculum information about the human causes of climate change, according to a new lawsuit filed against the U.S. Military Academy.
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West Point Climate Professor Says He Was Fired for Refusing to ‘Defy Science’
Dr. Adam Kalkstein is suing the U. S. Military Academy, where he was a professor of geography and the only climate scientist, after being fired.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/08/2026
Babies were found with dead brain tissue similar to what follows cancer and the kind of bleeding seen after a stroke. Their autopsies all came to the same conclusion: Their deaths could have been prevented with the long-standard vitamin K shot. (Published May)
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 30/10/2025
When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Donald Trump inheriting a situation that was suboptimal but honestly fine, deciding to personally intervene, and making everything significantly worse at great taxpayer expense is a perfect synopsis of every single thing he has done as president both times.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
An idiotic reality TV star running one of America's largest cities. Ha. Can you imagine. Dodged that bullet
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸 (From @andertoon.bsky.social )
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/05/2026
The GOP has a big problem with answering one simple question
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Man, that sounds terrible. Killed with impunity by agents of the state for just being on the street and protesting? Hard to see how regimes like that can continue to claim a popular mandate.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Future generations of Trump voters will hide their relationships to those who cast ballots for this destructive goon. The embarrassment of any family connection to this era of stupidity will be overwhelming.
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Djinn & Tonic @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Well done sir, they're calling it your best interview yet
Trump mid-speaking in an interview with CBS, caption: "I am not a pedophile"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/04/2026
Trump is about to hit REM on camera during an Oval Office event. It's just incredible.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.
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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2 www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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CDC won’t publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits
The report, which had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won’t be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Christian Nationalism is a Cult of Convenience
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
This is how Trump solves all his problems
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 12/04/2026
NEWS: For the third time in five years, the Denver Pioneers are national champions. With it, DU has further cemented itself as the pre-eminent men’s hockey program in the nation with its record-extending 11th national title.
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Ripley Jones @ripleypjones.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
University of Denver This is what the standard in men's college hockey looks like: 🏆 x 5 - Murray Armstrong (1958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969) 🏆 x 3 - David Carle (2022, 2024, 2026) 🏆 x 2 - George Gwozdecky (2004, 2005) 🏆 x 1 - Jim Montgomery (2017) #GoPios
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Evan Rawal @evanrawal.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
11 NCAA National Hockey Championships for the Denver Pioneers. Insane. They have the game on the Jumbotron here at Ball Arena and the fans are going wild.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
As part of my efforts to combat the COVID Amnesia Project, let's accurately remember what 3 influential laptop class doctors from Stanford said 6 years ago as COVID overflowed hospitals and morgues. They won't remind you. I will. My latest.
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Since They Won’t Remind You, Here’s What Drs. John Ioannidis, Jay Bhattacharya, and Scott Atlas, Actually Said 6 Years Ago
The next time these doctors claim they were right, let's remind them exactly what they claim to have been right about.
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
that works out to ~$40b/year, or a little under 10% of Iran’s GDP
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Alright let's see. In 2019 Trump was angrily posting about the 1.8 billion in cash the Obama administration gave Iran in 2016. 1.8 billion divided by 2 million is 900. Prior to the start of this war, about 135 ships went through the Strait of Hormuz every day.
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Sen. Lemon Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
out of power, republicans spend every waking minute calling anodyne things impeachable and democrats can't make themselves regularly say the same about war crimes, self dealing or dementia
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I'm a bit of a broken record on this, but usurping the power of the purse isn't just one constitutional violation among all the many others. It is, uniquely and singularly, the death of constitutional government altogether. Game over, end of story, you now live in an autocracy.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
If the stakes weren't so high and the human toll wasn't so awful, it would be genuinely very funny how little of a shit Trump gives about any part of his job that isn't renovations or rigging elections. The most obviously checked out dude in history.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
How can this go on for another 3 years?
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THE GRASS I NEED HELP GETTING SOME SHIPS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
There is apparently credible evidence that the president of the United States is a pedophile. The comforting phrase “accused him without evidence” no longer fits this situation, and journalists must resort to the more perfunctory “hasn’t been formally charged.” www.thedailybeast.com/key-details-...
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Key Details of 13-Year-Old Trump Accuser’s Accounts Are Verified
The newly corroborated details suggest the woman was truthful about numerous aspects of her life.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Dear Russia, Iran's fire is making oil prices spike. Spiking oil prices makes economic problems for us, so we're making it easier for you to sell more oil. In sum, Iranian military success against us reduces economic pressure on you. Just, you know, FYI. Sincerely, The geniuses leading America
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
the current position of the US government is that NVIDIA should be allowed to sell chips directly to China but banned from using Claude, because the latter is a larger national security risk. that is the level of absolute insanity coming out of the White House & Pentagon nowadays
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I SAID I’D PAY YOU $50 FOR MOWING. BUT THE TARIFF IS $100. SO YOU OWE ME $50, UNLESS YOU HAVE A SISTER.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 20/02/2026
Trump Suffers Setback Unrelated To Child Rape
Trump Suffers Setback Unrelated To Child Rape
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RedScreech @redscreech.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Recent CBS News news: 1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades 2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem 3. Producer says politics dictating what airs 4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table. 5. Not firing Epstein pal.
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A criminal syndicate.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Today’s CBO report says US consumers pay 95% of tariffs. 🤡 @brendanvduke.bsky.social www.cbo.gov/system/files...
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Helluva statement from Colorado Rep Crow (D) on the Trump administration's failure to indict him and others
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11/02/2026
Let's ask Scott Adams if ivermectin cures cancer. Hang on. One sec. He's not picking up.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
(AXIOS) - Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told Axios in an interview Tuesday that, when he searched President Trump's name in the unredacted Epstein files the previous day, it came up "more than a million times." @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The choice to frame this rhetorically as a negotiation *with ICE and DHS* rather than, you know, a decision about their future made by their rightful superiors in the popularly elected legislature is, to me, incredibly grating.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 09/02/2026
Trump’s best friend Jeff Epstein was worried about Trump’s dementia way back in 2017. How bad do you think it is now?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/02/2026
MSNBC: Do you believe Donald Trump is a racist? HAKEEM JEFFRIES: If the guy is not a racist, he's certainly doing the best job that he can trying to convince us otherwise
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Again, I know everyone wants to yell at The Democrats & Chuck Schumer & Hakeem Jefferies, but there are 10-25 people in Washington who could literally end all of this tomorrow, & none of them are Democrats, & they continue to get 24/7 free passes for being absolute oath-violating cowards. Focus.
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