Reposted by Zachary Pleat☠️𝔖𝔭𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔶 𝔎𝔯𝔦𝔰🦇 @freydalpishti.bsky.social · 10hPaul Verhoeven the most vindicated guy to ever exist. 42980638
Reposted by Zachary PleatBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Trump is corruptly misappropriating taxpayer funds to pay for political ads. And rather than object, his GOP allies in Congress shrink in fear. Gift link: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comCampaign-style Trump ads use money meant for border security, memorialsThe White House Office of Management and Budget added $20 million to the pot for commemorative events a day before DHS awarded an advertising contract of the same amount. 44670267
Reposted by Zachary PleatMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026👇🎯 - NSF/NIH $ decimated - ongoing attacks on specific universities - Title VI/FLAS $ cancelled: new CAANN grants just illegally cancelled by Russell Vought - ongoing foreign student collapse bc of immigration restrictions - Constant lying about campus speech from the fascists Total failure 13710
Reposted by Zachary PleatMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Once again, I ask why the New York Times & every other media outlet immediately & instinctively reports on the 🇩🇪 AfD as a “far right” or “extremist” party but does not regularly cover the 🇺🇸 Republican Party as such: bsky.app/profile/mcop... 6344104
Reposted by Zachary PleatMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Unprecedented corruption & constitutional crimes. Again, it all should have ended in 2017, when he began openly monetizing the presidency at his hotel two blocks from the White House. We are not a serious country. 14484158
Reposted by Zachary PleatAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The mainstream media has given lot of different people lots of reason to lose trust in it broadly speaking. However, when Republicans talk about The Media, I would like for you to look at historical polling graphs of when that plummet in their trust really began and hmm, interesting timing… 28923
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It was inevitable that Trump's idiotic & evil policies would lead to this www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...mediamatters.orgFox stands behind Trump policies that are hurting America's tourism industryReporting has made clear since the early days of President Donald Trump’s second presidential term that his immigration policies, as well as his trade wars and combative rhetoric against America's all... 000
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New: “Psyop”: The right-wing media figures claiming that midterm polls are designed to suppress conservative turnoutmediamatters.org"Psyop": The right-wing media figures claiming that midterm polls are designed to suppress conservative turnoutAs recent polling shows Republicans in serious danger of losing their congressional majorities, some in right-wing media are responding by claiming the polls are deliberately showing dismal GOP suppor... 3355
Reposted by Zachary PleatRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Even as profits soar, corporate tax payments are down 25% this year thanks to Trump and Republicans’ big, ugly bill. One of the main beneficiaries? Big Tech — which is using the tax breaks to help fuel its AI boom as it spends a fortune on the midterm elections. Remember this... 241047495
Reposted by Zachary PleatOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Trump steals tax dollars to run his old campaign ad www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...dailykos.comTrump steals tax dollars to run his old campaign adWhat’s old is new again—this time with the theft of your tax dollars. 46722
Reposted by Zachary PleatRegina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We’re not supposed to believe our lying eyes. Congress holds the power of the purse. No need to “some say.” 06716
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Is this a joke? Trump has taken actions that made these prices higher 010
Reposted by Zachary PleatJoan Alker @joanalker1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’m not sure I can even read this article - what more can be done by this Administration to make America unhealthier? But thank you @apoorvanyt.bsky.social and colleagues for your work. 152
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026New election ad: Trump has closed his strait and is personally costing you hundreds in higher fuel costs. 011
Reposted by Zachary PleatWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English. 42103544412
Reposted by Zachary Pleatjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/09/2026really fascinating to see isgur conduct this interview as if conservative election mistrust has materialized out of nowhere or as if liberal claims of voter suppression are totally baseless. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/o...nytimes.comOpinion | How Worried Should We Be About the Midterm Elections?And how we learn to trust elections again. 501723229
Reposted by Zachary PleatMedia Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Right-wing media are lashing out at Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar's (R-FL) newest campaign ad criticizing Trump for going “too far” on immigration enforcement.mediamatters.org"RINO ALERT": Maria Salazar's new ad criticizing Trump's immigration enforcement is angering right-wing mediaRight-wing media are lashing out at Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar's (R-FL) newest campaign ad criticizing the Trump administration for going “too far” on immigration enforcement, with some calling it an “... 179927
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Imagine if media outlets ever call Republicans the "law and order" party ever again 000
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Loser shitmediamatters.orgFox is desperate to avoid blaming Trump for affordability concernsWith the midterm elections little over a month away, Fox News and Fox Business personalities continue to blame the Biden administration for voters’ affordability concerns translating to preference for... 010
Reposted by Zachary PleatMedia Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026With the midterm elections little over a month away, Fox personalities continue to blame the Biden administration for voters’ affordability concerns.mediamatters.orgFox is desperate to avoid blaming Trump for affordability concernsWith the midterm elections little over a month away, Fox News and Fox Business personalities continue to blame the Biden administration for voters’ affordability concerns translating to preference for... 37425
Reposted by Zachary PleatKathryn Anne Edwards @kedseconomist.com · 23/09/2026In 1990, the US had ~130 tax coupons (credits, adjustments, deductions, etc), today we have more than double that: 271. To address the debt, we should start with the coupon book that doles out $2.3 trillion in discounts each year, dwarfing Social Security. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comThere’s a Secret Third Path to Escaping America’s Debt TrapThe US deficit has reached $1.97 trillion and is on track to pass 6% of gross domestic product this fiscal year, the latest milestone in a remarkable deterioration of the federal budget. With national... 17520
Reposted by Zachary PleatGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Awful: Trump's Office of "Remigration" has just been exposed making sordid payments to authoritarian governments to take third-country deportees, leading to serious abuses. Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/ New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2157...newrepublic.comStephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New LeaksSordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down. 13127771319
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026New from me: Fox is desperate to avoid blaming Trump for affordability concerns www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox... Trump has taken multiple actions that have worsened inflation, yet Fox still blames Bidenmediamatters.orgFox is desperate to avoid blaming Trump for affordability concernsWith the midterm elections little over a month away, Fox News and Fox Business personalities continue to blame the Biden administration for voters’ affordability concerns translating to preference for... 22610
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I suppose the Trump administration destroying the private insurance market is one way to drive up support for Medicare For All 000
Reposted by Zachary PleatMedia Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Today in revisionist history: Laura Ingraham is trying to rewrite her mealy-mouthed acquiescence of the Iran war into oppositionmediamatters.orgLaura Ingraham is rewriting her mealy-mouthed acquiescence of the Iran war into opposition from the beginning 1113226
Reposted by Zachary PleatMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Just joining the Russian economic sphere I guess. 1321741364
Reposted by Zachary PleatAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 21/09/2026an obvious and necessary step but not enough. they should refuse to host any pro trump voices and half of their segments should be attacking fox news for abandoning the first amendment in its refusal to defend them 534850
Reposted by Zachary PleatMicah @rincewind.run · 21/09/2026it’s really something to see someone study the right wing grifter playbook up close and personal and make a calculated decision that she should follow it to the letter 291448143
Reposted by Zachary PleatGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 18/09/2026These are all extremely common sense steps, and opposition to them can be used as a useful filter for bad actors in the space. 101060147
Reposted by Zachary PleatYaqiu Wang 王亚秋 @yaqiu.bsky.social · 18/09/2026In the past 19 months, Washington has lost ground to Beijing on every major front: economic, military, technology, soft power and alliances. The gap is narrowing not because China got smarter, but the US got so much dumber. My piece with @bequelin.bsky.social 👇 foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/17/c...foreignpolicy.comChina, Not Iran, Is Trump’s Real Foreign-Policy DebacleIn 19 months, Washington has lost ground to Beijing on every conceivable front. 815681
Reposted by Zachary Pleatjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026RFK Jr. wants people to get sick. He wants them to get sick and he thinks it is a good thing if they die, since those who live will have "natural immunity" and emerge stronger and fitter. 39867231671
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Maybe your idiot party shouldn't have gotten rid of the Office of Technology Assessment www.eenews.net/articles/dem...eenews.netDemocrats may revive think tank that Gingrich killedA conservative wave led by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich helped kill the Office of Technology Assessment during the 1990s. Now, more than two decades later, 000
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026He promised to immediately bring down prices. He can suffer the consequences. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...mediamatters.orgFox touted Trump's campaign promise to quickly lower prices. Now both Fox and Trump are backtracking as prices increase.Donald Trump’s supporters in right-wing media, particularly at Fox News, repeatedly hyped his oft-repeated campaign promise to quickly bring down consumer prices, and especially the cost of groceries,... 010
Reposted by Zachary PleatA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on 8685352214
Reposted by Zachary PleatMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Fox News is the only major cable news network not to cover its own contributor Karl Rove's warning about a rising tide of racism and antisemitism within the Republican Party. www.mediamatters.org/karl-rove/fo...mediamatters.orgFox News hides contributor Karl Rove’s warning about the GOP’s “growing number of Bo Frenches” 26649201
Reposted by Zachary PleatElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A lot of Dems could take a lesson from this and openly acknowledge that their opponents are bigots. The resistance (mostly from establishment centrists) to stating plainly what's happening instead of using weasel words for the sake of civility is what makes voters think we're spineless. 633038637
Reposted by Zachary PleatDave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is super depressing but also holy shit, photojournalism is so important 730352
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026He was also wrong about egg prices, and claimed real wages are up when they in fact declined over the past year. www.bls.gov/news.release...bls.gov Real Earnings News Release - 2026 M08 Results 000
Reposted by Zachary PleatMedia Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026After Michigan Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers refused to appear at a televised debate with his Democratic opponent, Fox News anchor Dana Perino defended the decision, accusing the moderators of being "too biased." The debate was hosted and broadcast by a Fox-owned news station.mediamatters.orgFox News anchor defends Mike Rogers skipping a debate on a Detroit station owned and operated by Fox 2019157
Reposted by Zachary PleatJeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Reporting from @almsnatalie.bsky.social on the White House fraud ledger www.washingtonsun.com/trump-white-... 03110
Reposted by Zachary PleatKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026I'm just going to keep yelling this louder and louder until it clicks: weird overpaid AI nerds hand-wringing about human extinction are trying to distract you from the extremely deadly and serious harms they are causing yesterday, today and tomorrow www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 181287594
Reposted by Zachary PleatDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 16/09/2026This almost always consists of conservatives saying "people no longer trust your institution" after spending decades doing everything they can to destroy trust in the institution. True of the press, true of academia, true of public health. 746790
Reposted by Zachary PleatJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The naive premise behind all this—which I think some of them sincerely believe!—is that if public trust in an institution has declined, it MUST be because that institution has done something wrong to lose that trust, and the status quo ante will be naturally restored if the mistake is corrected. 920733
Reposted by Zachary PleatMichael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 16/09/2026How Trump’s economic policy agenda wrecked the future of the American auto industry. Via Reutersreuters.comHow Trump’s war on EVs derailed America’s auto-factory revivalSince Trump returned to office, an array of automotive, environmental, trade and immigration policies has undermined auto-factory projects and employment across America’s heartland. 0147
Reposted by Zachary PleatTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 15/09/2026this is a damn good post from a U.S. Senator and I wish all of them could figure out how to talk like this 8999189
Reposted by Zachary PleatKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NEW: Once exceptionally rare, illegal deportations — in defiance of court orders or due to ICE screw-ups — are now a routine part of President Trump's mass deportation push. It happened 3 times this past week and more at least 30 times in recent months. www.politico.com/news/2026/09... 261800770
Reposted by Zachary PleatAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I need younger generations to understand how weird it is that trump is such a unique terrible fuck up that it’s actually correct to blame the president for a demonstrably shittier economy and costs 525528951
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This was Trump's fake justification for the first round of tariffs on Canadian & Mexican imports last yearmediamatters.orgFox parrots Trump's "drug war" justification for Canada/Mexico tariffs, even as he weakened fentanyl smuggling enforcementPart of President Donald Trump’s justification for imposing a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico, which went into effect on March 4 (with a one-month delay for the auto industry announce... 014851
Reposted by Zachary PleatMichael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 14/09/2026WashPost: Trump Kennedy Center takeover drives institution to collapse.washingtonpost.comKennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents showOfficials said the center is facing “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks, insist that adding President Donald Trump’s name may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy. 185