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“I support Christian nationalism…” That’s what the executive director of the Center for Renewing America (CRA) wrote in a post. CRA was founded by Russell Vought, one of the most powerful figures in the Trump regime. Vought is also a Christian nationalist. Vulgarity aside, another telling post:

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Jean R @jaruss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Bigoted and stupid. The idea that the United States is at risk of falling under sharia rule is ludicrous on its face. There’s a much greater risk of Christian nationalists changing this nation for the worse. And they’re the ones using the phantom sharia threat to justify their own extreme agenda.

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What the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 wants is basically sharia law for women.

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Lorenzo Salgado Araujo should still be alive. Instead he was wrongfully killed by ICE agents. His son Lorenzo Salgado Jr. recalls memories of how his father inspired him and shaped him into the man he is today. Oversight Dems will get justice for Lorenzo and his family.

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Lorenzo Salgado, jr. @oznezol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Everyday looking for ways to honor my dad and ensure no other families have to suffer like we have

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Robber Baron era has nothing on our current Cyber Baron era. Elon Musk is the world’s richest man, a white nationalist, bought the 2024 election, destroyed much of the gov’t while further enriching himself with gov’t contracts, ended aid to the needy, turned Twitter into a cesspool and now:

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NEW. Phillips O'Brien explains the problem isn't merely Trump and Hegseth. "The military didn’t prepare for this war. So the military bears [some] responsibility for failures...And I don’t know now whether they are capable of speaking truth to power." youtu.be/-pp7dTdIB1U?...

Phillips O'Brien on Ukraine, Iran, and What's Next

YouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026

The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.

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Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch

The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026

"It was bitterly ironic to see Darline Graham demand that Smith, of all people, should feel ashamed....in today’s GOP, there is no shame."

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Jack Smith and the Republican Smear Squad

If holding Trump accountable makes you an enemy of the GOP, the party has told you everything you need to know.

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1 month into the Iran war, Donald Trump said it would be over "in about two weeks." That was 182 days ago. That's why we partnered with VoteVets to build a calendar of every single time Trump said the war would be ending. Go to AboutTwoWeeks.com and see for yourself.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Let’s remember that Sen. Eric Schmitt is a white nationalist who employs other white nationalists while spreading white nationalist/racist conspiracy theories. missouriindependent.com/2025/09/15/m... White supremacists never fail to demonstrate how they’re inferior:

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Tom Joscelyn: "There are some weeks in our history that matter more than others. This is the week the president of the U.S. went in front of the U.N. and said that any concerns about AI are a hoax. It's scary. Maybe others can step up." youtu.be/gtZv6V35DQE?...

Trump Is Gambling With America’s AI Future w/Bill Kristol and Tom Joscleyn

YouTube video by Home of the Brave

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Schmitt’s view of his German ancestors as the supposed real Americans goes to show how little he actually knows. In the late 18th and into the 19th century, there was great trepidation about the Germans who had settled in PA & elsewhere. They weren’t considered the same as other European settlers.

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The White House is bragging about reducing immigration (including refugees) from Muslim-majority countries to near 0. The U.S. is a nation of 340 million or so people. It was letting in just 18,000 people or less per month from these same countries prior to Jan 2025. Obvious anti-Muslim bigotry.

White House about reducing immigration from Muslim-majority countries to near zero

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social likes to say, I’m alarmed. At the UN this week, Trump dismissed concerns over AI safety as a “hoax.” And that’s the position of his administration. Needless to say, it isn’t a hoax - and we’ve got two-plus more years of this (at least) while AI threats grow.

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It’s not difficult to see that Chris Rufo is laundering white identity politics/white nationalism while proclaiming his supposed color blindness. Here’s a screenshot of the thumbnail for an episode of his podcast - the “great replacement” conspiracy theory is a racist trope.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In response to people going after him for this, Friedersdorf claimed that he genuinely had no idea Rufo had anything to do with the Haitians in Springfield slurs and then got mad at people for acting like he was being a complete rube.

BillielsTheOne 9/20/26 “Rufo? The dude who earnestly repeated the lie about cats and dogs being eaten in Springfield? He believes in colorblind equality?”

Conor Friedersdorf • 9/20/26

“I'd missed his involvement in that and agree that, whatever it says about his beliefs, it reflects badly on him.”

@josephgfrancis, 9/21/26
“just incredible how people paid to write about politics for major publications can be more ignorant than random twitter users who didn't have to search hard to find this”

Conor Friedersdorf, 9/21/26 “Maybe I saw it and forgot. Or maybe I wasn't on X that week. You people are unbelievable--as if anyone has perfect recollection of every post relevant to something they do a quick x post about. Of course the hive mind of X collectively recalls more things than I do individually.”

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, has called for Harvard and every other Ivy League school to be “burn[ed].” See: civildefenseinstitute.org/articles/kev... So of course Harvard’s Institute of Politics invited him to debate the merits of DEI: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIn-...

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Project 2025 Architect and Former NAACP President Debate DEI

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Project 2025 Architect and Former NAACP President Debate DEI

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NEW: Trump 2.0 has made extremist views acceptable. In November, candidates will run for critical federal and state-level positions who have expressed racist, pro-militia, anti-vaccine, sexist, antisemitic, and secessionist views. Many have been endorsed by Trump www.wired.com/story/these-...

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These Extremists Are Running for Election in November

With the threat of political violence at unprecedented levels, state and federal GOP candidates are openly sharing racist, pro-militia, anti-vaccine, sexist, antisemitic, and secessionist views.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Anytime someone claims Russian interference is a “hoax,” all you’ve got to say is: Jill Stein.

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Anytime someone claims Russian interference is a “hoax,” all you’ve got to say is: Jill Stein.

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In 1991, a former KKK “grand wizard” repeated the “great replacement theory” while debating Christopher Hitchens. He was concerned about a “third world invasion” that’s “robbing & stripping” the “Euro-American” of “everything he’s got.” This is the Republican Party’s position today. Same position.

Christopher Hitchens VS White Nationalist :Part TWO

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democracydefendersfund.org @democracydefendersfund.org · 27/09/2026

The right to peacefully protest is a cornerstone of our democracy. Counterterrorism expert @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social and DDF’s Allison Rice examine how the Trump administration's war on "domestic terror" threatens free speech, civil society, and First Amendment protections.

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Standing Up for America’s Civil Society and the Right to Peacefully Protest

Through a series of official executive memoranda, the Trump administration has turned the machinery of federal law enfor

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Since 1990 when the @WSJ began polling, no president has been as unpopular as Trump is at this point before a midterm election. His 37% approval is lower than Clinton, Bush or Obama had before big midterm defeats. www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

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Trump Is Predicting Midterms Success but Republicans Are Starting to Panic

The president’s approval rating drops to 37% in a WSJ poll, the lowest of any president heading into a midterm election in Journal polls dating to 1990.

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Christopher Hitchens VS White Nationalist :Part TWO

YouTube video by Quartzceltic1

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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The Bulwark crew was in Dayton last night for a show to raise money for the Haitian Support Center. More than 1,000 people came to stand with Springfield, where we’d had a moving visit earlier in the day. What our government is doing is beyond shameful. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

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Trump Shuts Out the Press, ICE Opens Fire, and We Stand with Springfield

Plus: What You Missed This Week From The Bulwark

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The Heritage Foundation, the largest conservative think tank, is leading the charge against America’s public school system. See the post below. As I discovered, they’re simultaneously trying to replace public schools with Christian nationalist ones: civildefenseinstitute.org/features/her...

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The Federalist is a far-right conspiracy site that’s spread nonsense for years. Here, the Department of Homeland Security’s official account is relying on The Federalist to spread its propaganda ahead of the 2026 midterms.

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