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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 18h

My latest for @rollingstone.com digs into Trump's $30 Billion in shutdown cuts targeting Democratic states and cities with painful cuts to public transit, energy, and fundamental civil rights protections.
The pain will reverberate throughout the economy.
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Ryan Bort @ryanbort.bsky.social · 23h

“Things are not normal. They’re not returning to normal. There is no playbook that we are using from the past that could work in the present, and so we’ve got to stand up."

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Justin J. Pearson of the 'Tennessee Three' Has Had It With 'Mediocrity' -- So He's Running for Congress

Justin J. Pearson, a member of the "Tennessee Three," has announced a campaign to primary Democrat Steve Cohen and join the U.S. House.

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Ryan Bort @ryanbort.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA lawmakers regularly share its content. Elon called it "one of the best accounts on X." It's run by a Macedonian who has never set foot in America — and who illegally donated to a U.S. congressional campaign.

Great stuff from @jsweetli.bsky.social:

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The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 4d

In the next issue of Rolling Stone magazine, @swin24.bsky.social and I go deep on Trump’s war on speech, the left, and any and all dissent.

Read it here and come follow our work at @zeteo.com, where we work now! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

'They Need to Suffer': Inside Trump's War on Dissent

Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, and the rest of the administration are waging a furious crackdown on dissent following Charlie Kirk's assassination.

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 8d

This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.

He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks

Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 8d

Portland is obviously personal to me. The president's fever dream of a 'War Zone' by the Willamette might be darkly funny, if the stakes for this city -- and the rest of the nation -- were not dead serious:

Welcome to Portland, Where Trump's Fever Dream Is America's New Nightmare

Donald Trump has said federal troops are necessary to maintain order in Portland, but there is no truth to the president's fever dream about the city.

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 10d

Trump has set his sights on #Alaska as a test case for his disastrous “National Energy Dominance” agenda.

For @rollingstone.com, I went to Alaska and met people organizing to resist Trump’s plans.

“No one is throwing up their hands and saying 'he’s won.'”

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 19d

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.

This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.

From me for @rollingstone.com:

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ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.

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Ryan Bort @ryanbort.bsky.social · 23d

"He was the movies, in all of their escapist and ennobling glory."

Read @davidlfear.bsky.social on Redford:

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Robert Redford Was the Definition of a Movie Star

Redford, who died at 89, was a groundbreaking environmentalist, the patron saint of independent film, an Oscar-winning director — in short, an icon.

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Ryan Bort @ryanbort.bsky.social · 23d

Lisa is the best and you should hire her (and Quincy and Lou) immediately

Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 24d

Some news from me: I was laid off yesterday from Rolling Stone. Kind of in shock, but will be looking for a new gig. Here are Quincy and Lou

Ryan Bort @ryanbort.bsky.social · Sep 8

Incredible get for @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @zeteo.com. I cannot express how much I am going to miss working with @swin24.bsky.social and @andrewperez.bsky.social, two of the smartest and most compassionate colleagues I've ever had

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Sep 8

*NEWS*: Asawin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez of Rolling Stone are joining Zeteo’s political team as new staff reporters, plus Peter Rothpletz will be helping me launch a progressive politics morning news letter. We’re also hiring a breaking news reporter.

Mehdi Hasan’s Zeteo wants to take on Politico Playbook from the left

The publication is expanding its politics coverage to gear up for the midterm elections.

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonbern.bsky.social · Sep 5

My biography of Justin Townes Earle will be released on January 13th, 2026, the week after what would’ve been his 44th birthday.

It’s called ‘What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome’

If you’d like to support a debut author, you can pre-order here:
www.hbglibrary.com/titles/jonat...

Graphic announcing the publication date of January 13, 2026 of a biography of Justin Townes Earle called 'What Do You Do When You're Lonesome'

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · Aug 28

gonna just keep reposting this from @ryanbort.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social and me

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Aug 13

Typically excellent from @swin24.bsky.social and the gang

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · Aug 13

A senior administration official, as well as other officials, told Rolling Stone that it is a priority of Trump that these kinds of military deployments -- in times of relative calm -- become normalized in American political culture.

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · Aug 13

"President Donald Trump has expanded his military campaign against the United States"

It should be noted that @rollingstone.com is as much corporate media as @nytimes.com yet is able to write in plain and clear language about what's happening. No euphemisms. No laundering bad-faith morons & weirdos

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · Aug 13

NEW: L.A. and D.C. are only the beginning, as Trump's team has been drawing up plans to unleash federal forces in other Democratic strongholds.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Ryan Bort @ryanbort.bsky.social · Aug 7

Brutal stuff from @swin24.bsky.social on the former children's hospital chaplain whose friends says he's been "tortured" in isolation as the Trump administration tries to deport him

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Jailed by Trump's ICE, Children's Hospital Chaplain Was Thrown Into 'Solitary'

Ayman Soliman, a former chaplain at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital, was put in "solitary confinement" after being jailed by Donald Trump's ICE.

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Ryan Bort @ryanbort.bsky.social · Aug 1

Concerning!

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Trump Fires Labor Stats Chief Following Weak Jobs Report

Donald Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, following the release of a weak jobs report on Thursday.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · Jul 24

Tax dollars at work, baby!!!!!
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Ryan Bort @ryanbort.bsky.social · Jul 18

Hoo boy, from me and @swin24.bsky.social

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Team Trump Was on 'F-cking Warpath' to Kill Story About Salacious Letter to Epstein

Donald Trump's team was desperate to kill a Wall Street Journal story about Trump writing a salacious letter to Jeffrey Epstein in the early 2000s.

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Ryan Bort @ryanbort.bsky.social · Jul 17

“They created conditions where there were really no better options. Hundreds of people left the country in the last month.”

Great reporting from @nikkimcr.bsky.social on how Trump's BFF in El Salvador has been forcing human rights advocates to flee the nation

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Human Rights Defenders Are Fleeing El Salvador as Bukele Cracks Down

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele's authoritarian regime is forcing human rights defenders like the nonprofit Cristosal to flee the nation.

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Ryan Bort @ryanbort.bsky.social · Jul 16

New from me and @swin24.bsky.social:

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Inside Trump's Frantic, Failing Mission to Crush the Epstein 'MAGA Rebellion'

President Donald Trump and his administration are doing everything they can to make MAGA forget about Jeffrey Epstein. They are failing.

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Ryan Bort @ryanbort.bsky.social · Jul 11

“Those two do not like each other,” one of the Trump administration officials adds. “It surprises me that there hasn’t been more reporting on that.”

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The DOJ's Epstein Memo Is Tearing the Trump Administration Apart

The Justice Department's memo on Jeffrey Epstein is causing a bitter rift among some of the most prominent figures in Donald Trump's administration.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · Jul 8

Latest for @rollingstone.com from @ryanbort.bsky.social and me:

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Trump's Government Is a Den of Snitches, 'Freaks,' and Paranoid Tyrants

The Department of Health and Human Services is the latest agency to ask government employees to snitch about diversity practices.

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · Jul 5

Among it's myriad harms Trump's #BigBadBill adds $30 billion for ICE, enough to deploy 10,000 agents + $45 billion for construction and expansion of detention facilities and transportation.
@nikkimcr.bsky.social @timdickinson.bsky.social @ryanbort.bsky.social
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The Worst Parts of Trump and the GOP's Disastrous Tax Bill

Donald Trump and the GOP’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is a disaster for immigrants, the environment, and the health care of millions of Americans.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · Jul 3

Go to @rollingstone.com if you want to see the Subscribe — print and/or online — buttons, they’re all over the place on the homepage and other webpages ❤️

David Roberts @volts.wtf · Jul 2

Ask yourself why Rolling Stone is the only outlet performing this obvious public service.

Peter Wade @peterwade.bsky.social · Jul 2

• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist