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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Reporters need to start responding: "No, you did not inherit higher prices, Mr. Trump. And, no, you have not brought those prices down. Why are you being so brazenly dishonest to the American people? You think they never visit stores and gas stations?"
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We squander our allies, our economy, our men & women in uniform, and Trump does not even have the respect to tell US why? Too much coverage gets lost in weeds of the fiasco, but the bottom line is that this war is insane, absolutely bonkers. And everyone responsible for it should be held to account.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I wonder what it would be like to write the same column, over and over again, endlessly. Seems like it’d be boring. But maybe it brings one comfort, like having your parents read you the same story every night before you go to bed.
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Opinion by Megan McArdle
The Great Awokening is over.
This lesbian bar shows why.
A meltdown over masking shows where cancel culture is now.
Today at 07:00 ET
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Elite universities mea culpas about the “loss of trust” in higher education so often fail to consider the force of the longterm propagandistic attack on universities, given extensive play in conservative media, that long preceded Trump, but which he has massively accelerated.
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Rebecca Bennett @rebeccabennettforcongress.com · 19/09/2026
Gold Star families made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. It should go without saying that they deserve every benefit they're entitled to. What the White House is doing by not even acknowledging Americans who died in the line of duty is unacceptable.
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Josh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: Don Trump Jr’s luxurious wedding was secretly bankrolled by a Russian oligarch close to Putin. A saga involving private islands, the Olympics, and a Russian government-backed biker gang: www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Just once in my life I would like to see a Democrat being interviewed by right wing media like Fox News or right wing media like every single other outlet treat their questions with the contempt they deserve. I know it's not going to fix everything or maybe even anything but how much coverage and how much groundswell of excitement from the base do you think it would inspire if when asked about "boys in girls sports" or some other stupid fucking culture war distraction one of them finally said "What the fuck are you talking about man? You sound like a dumb asshole right now."

What's the worst that's going to happen the New York Times is gonna work overtime to make sure you don't get elected? They were already doing that buddy.

You simply say "Are you stupid? Do you think I am stupid? And do you think all of the people watching at home are stupid? Everyone sees through what you are doing. Using one group as a scapegoat for the very real problems everyone has – all caused by Republicans by the way – unlike this fake one you have made up. Dumb asshole."

Just go on the attack for once instead of sitting there trying to please your enemy who is in the process of trying to humiliate you.

And if you want to say something else true that almost no Democrat ever says for some reason you can top it off with a “Every single Republican in our lifetime has sought to make our lives worse in every way possible. I’d like to try to stop that.”
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I always think Hassett is the stupidest, most dishonest person in the administration. Until Hegseth opens his mouth. Then RFK, Jr. finds a mic. Then Sean Duffy appears in my feed. Then Lutnick speaks. But only till Markwayne talks. Then I remember: NO ONE is a stupid and dishonest as Trump himself.
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tonio5k.bsky.social @tonio5k.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I used this analogy the other day, Trump every day acts more like Jim Jones. And he's got aides willing to kill for him.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The NYT ran an article in April raising questions about Trump’s mental status, quoting people calling him “clearly insane,” “an extremely sick person,” “unhinged,” “out of control,” “batshit crazy,” and “a genocidal lunatic.” Then they never mentioned it again. presswatchers.org/2026/04/new-...
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New York Times finally reports on concerns that Trump is ‘clearly insane’ | Press Watch
That’s a big deal. But now what? It’s more than a one-day story.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The illegal boat strikes began exactly one year ago today. The boat strikes weren’t really about stopping drugs. They were about testing for compliance to see who would obey illegal orders & purge objectors. Trump was normalizing his ability to smite anyone—like the angry God of the Old Testament.🧵
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Republicans' largest donor (by far) is hosting a robust debate on his platform about whether Jews are white. Corporate Media will ask precisely 0 Republicans about their largest donor's all-consuming misogyny, xenophobia, antisemitism, he will instead by referred to as a visionary industrialist.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
JD Vance’s public position, core to his vision for the country, is that JD Vance’s wife and kids aren’t real Americans, that they are by definition lesser than any white “heritage American,” and the govt should treat them and anyone like them as second class. Why wouldn’t that be a campaign issue?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hegseth is systematically destroying and dismantling the greatest military force in the world. Another great day for Putin and Xi.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It genuinely breaks my brain that a third of the country can look at Trump, a guy who is basically a walking, breathing fraud and the most shameless liar in history, and somehow buy what he’s selling while he picks their pockets in broad daylight.
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Vincent Zimmerman @zimmermanv66.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
We're deep into Mad King territory here and yet there will still be people on the Sunday shows today pretending that the president isn't a mentally deranged despot
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tonio5k.bsky.social @tonio5k.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Just another thing that Democratic leaders should talk about every day but don't. Why doesn't the DNC make a chart with annual job growth blue vs red president and plaster it everywhere?
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If voters do not viscerally grasp the breadth and severity of the problems Trump has caused, they may not understand the urgency and scale of what it will take to fix them. presswatchers.org/2026/08/norm...
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Normalizing Trump doesn't just fail readers — it jeopardizes our future | Press Watch
If voters aren’t sufficiently alarmed, they may not recognize the need for emergency action once he is gone. I have some suggestions.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/08/2026
Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Wtf. Kushner is part of a kleptocratic clan and cuts deal with corrupt autocrats around the globe. He is unvetted, unconfirmed. He has no official government position. Don’t legitimize him.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Once again, by Election Day 2024, inflation was closer to the Fed’s 2% target than <85%> of the months since it was formally established. Pointing this out got you ridiculed by prominent financial journalists & didn’t fit The Narrative™️, but that didn’t make it less true. bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The NY Times writes that “Trump’s promises to restore fiscal order and reduce the amount of America’s debt burden have been hampered by spending on the Iran war, tax cuts and tariff refunds.” As if it’s just a run of bad luck instead of an ongoing con job against the American people.
U.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America’s Borrowing Binge Continues
President Trump’s promises to restore fiscal order and reduce the amount of America’s debt burden have been hampered by spending on the Iran war, tax cuts and tariff refunds.
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 19/08/2026
🧵You can't talk about Natalie Harp w/o talking about how strange she is. This isn't making fun of physique or bearing. It's about obsessive/creepy behavior. And it matters on policy. As a former Republican media consultant, I can tell you that this attack is astonishingly effective w/the public...
A photo of Donald Trump sitting at a desk with national flags on it, seemingly at a meeting in an office. His omnipresent aide, Natalie Harp, is sitting behind him, staring at him with an unnatural smile, her eyes shrouded with pupils not visible.
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Vote Doug Jones 4 AL @petczar.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I’ll tell ya another thing that makes the Jon Ossoff clash so satisfying is that Repubs are the bullies & Dems look like the helpless bullied, but Ossoff punched them in the face. Dem supporters are sick of electeds not standing up. The candidates who get this will win.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
1/ On January 19, 2025, a mob stormed a courthouse in Seoul to stop a judge from arresting South Korea's president. It looked spontaneous. It wasn't. That mob was 50 years in the making, and part of the money and training behind it traces back to the US. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It costs nothing to say “hell yeah, we’re gonna fight for national healthcare.” “Hell yeah, we’re getting rid Trump’s Gestapo.” “Hell yeah, we’re gonna do XYZ.” Or to pivot every question about progressive candidates being “too extreme” to “have you seen what this GOP has done/wants?!”
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The right's attempts to turn empathy into a negative have to be fought hard.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“Socialism is a scareword they have hurled at every advance the people have made… socialism is their name for most anything that helps the people. 1952. Truman. This is how stale their desperate fearmongering is. cc: @MarshaBlackburn
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EASTMAN @eastmanblue.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Donald Trump’s stupidity has no limits. He has lost a war that did not need to be fought. He has wrecked the economy, and he has guaranteed that his party will be swept out of power in November. It takes an absolute moron to cause so many disasters at home and abroad.
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tonio5k.bsky.social @tonio5k.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Every media outlet lazily quotes Trump that cities are war zones, but won't publish actual facts.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My only comment about Woke 1 vs Woke 2 is that neither of these things is real &, for the thousandth time, we don’t have to frame <every topic in American politics> on the terms of the far right authoritarian party & right-wing pundits. Other, more serious choices are readily available:
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Trump has proven he is not restrained by norms or laws so the idea that any serious news outlet would report that what Trump says is a 'joke' is truly mind boggling. Mark's done a good job here of reminding us just how serious Trump's 'jokes' are. open.substack.com/pub/stopthep...
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Stop saying Trump is joking when he’s not
Will he rig the midterms? Seek an illegal third term? We need to take him seriously
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Watergate was a harmless prank, in terms of the scale of illegality & constitutional violations, compared to this. Again, this is the most basic "do we live under a functioning constitutional order?" type of stuff. The answer, sadly, is no, because this hasn't immediately ended his presidency.
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tonio5k.bsky.social @tonio5k.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Insane that this can happen, not only is not being investigated by Congress, the press largely turns its head and corporate executives pay the bribes.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/07/2026
This is morally monstrous behavior. These are ordinary, innocent people that Trump is condemning to suffering & death out of political vindictiveness. Every decent human being, regardless of political party, should condemn it. Where is the fucking *anger*? From the press? From civic leaders? Pols?
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FEMA said yes to Democratic disaster requests. Trump killed them anyway.
President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Trump has denied most disaster requests from Democratic-led states

A graph  showing Presidential approval rates for disaster requests from Democratic-led states and Republican-led states

Source: POLITICO's E&E News analysis of FEMA records
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This shows the gap between GOP & Dem. messaging. The Republicans NEVER stop pressing their false narratives. They bang the drums over & over. The Dems make their case & move on. They should have been non-stop pummeling Trump for Covid (and 1/6) for years, never letting anyone forget these sins.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Fun fact about the national debt: it matters exclusively when a Democrat is president
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
It wasn't just "politics" when CBS execs pressured their reporters to insert lies in their coverage after federal agents killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti. It was a morally repugnant attempt to whitewash state terrorism and murder. My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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When news execs help fascists whitewash murder
Former CBS journalists detail pressure after federal agents killed Good and Pretti
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Neil McCauley era @mindcrime.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The fact this country thinks there's equal political violence from both sides is a major failure of Dems and the news media.
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tonio5k.bsky.social @tonio5k.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Grifters preying on the weak-minded leaving a wake of destruction as they count their cash.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Trying to appease liars who seek your destruction for ideological reasons does not, in fact, make them stop trying to destroy you. Abandoning your values to chase after people who oppose you at their very core does not make anyone else trust you more. The results—unsurprisingly—are the opposite.
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Republicans do things TO people, not FOR people.
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
What I would add to @jamellebouie.net's column is that the right has characterized nearly every advance of the compensatory state--whether proposed or enacted--since the New Deal as "socialism." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s New Insult Won’t Save Republicans
The president’s attempt to drum up a third red scare is certain to fail.
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tonio5k.bsky.social @tonio5k.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The entire GOP strategy for decades is to mindlessly repeat bad faith accusations, it doesn't matter what Dems do or say. Why Dems don't recognize this and fight back in like fashion is one of the most puzzling questions of our time.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Always get a kick out of people who, after all this time, are still penning articles and posting things like, "This is going to get a lot worse unless the Trump Administration changes course." My dude. They're not there to make things work. They're there to steal. Open your fucking eyes.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what?
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tonio5k.bsky.social @tonio5k.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Like a million other things, this should have immediately disqualified him to lead America.
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