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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 4d

If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 9d

Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 9d

A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0 www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...

A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0

If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...

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Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 9d

Fired prosecutor Mike Ben’Ary is a rock solid experienced AUSA and accuser Julie Kelly is a consistently wrong pro-Jan 6er.

CNN @cnn.com · 9d

The Trump administration fired the top national security prosecutor in the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia after a social media post by a right-wing activist and writer falsely tied him to the case of FBI Director James Comey. https://cnn.it/4745S3T

Justice Department fires prosecutor falsely tied to Comey case in social media post | CNN Politics

The Trump administration fired the top national security prosecutor in the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia after a social media post by a right-wing activist and writer falsely tied him to the case of FBI Director James Comey, ...

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Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 10d

Really good piece. Appalling work by NBC

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 10d

Wrote about some failures of major media orgs to meet this moment with a few recent truly head-scratching examples.

Techdirt @techdirt.com · 10d

The Mainstream Media Is Catastrophically Failing To Meet The Moment

Earlier today we wrote about Trump's extraordinary admission that he was basing military deployment decisions on old Fox News footage and lies from his advisors. But there's an even more damning story here: how that revelation…

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 11d

exactly like the Chinese surveillance state

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 14d

Pushback works
Complying doesn’t

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Trump demands that Microsoft fire Lisa Monaco. Anybody from the party of small government have an issue with this or nah?

Trump TS post demanding Microsoft fire Monaco

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14d

🤷🏿‍♂️

Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say

Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17d

Karen Attiah, a Washington Post opinion writer fired this month for her social media posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, has filed a grievance arguing that she should have been allowed to share her views on news events under the company’s labor agreement and social media policy.

Karen Attiah Says Firing by Washington Post Violated Labor Agreement

The company fired Karen Attiah this month for her social media posts related to Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 17d

Just gonna leave this here…. Scientist behind Trump’s Tylenol claims was paid $150K to give evidence against drug maker

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Scientist behind Trump’s Tylenol claims was paid $150K to give evidence against drug maker

The Harvard academic Andrea Baccarelli gave an ‘unreliable’ testimony on the links between autism and paracetamol, and produced research that raises ‘serious concerns about bias’

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Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 17d

In no way is that a waste of money.

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Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 17d

Yes, he added some lamb meatballs and declared it “delicious!”

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 18d

Trump’s attack on vaccines yesterday — delivered from the White House — “was the most dangerously irresponsible press conference in the realm of public health in American history” @pauloffit.bsky.social told us.

More on Trump’s false claims with @lenasun.bsky.social

‘Based on what I feel’: Trump escalates attack on childhood vaccines

Trump promoted long-debunked claims that vaccines can cause autism as he called for changes to the childhood immunization schedule sought by anti-vaccine activists.

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Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 17d

Missing this guy today

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 20d

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Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 20d

Wash Post had story today with interview with Kat

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 21d

New York Times: "Trump Administration Wields Its Full Toolbox to Bring Media to Heel." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/b...

AP: “Trump’s moves against the media mirror approaches by authoritarian leaders to silence dissent.”
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Trump Administration Wields Its Full Toolbox to Bring Media to Heel

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 22d

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 22d

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.

one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 23d

WATCH: Important coverage from the Center for Media and Democracy about the repression journalists are facing from local and federal law enforcement simply for doing their jobs. ⬇️

Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 24d

If DHS can violently attack journalists and citizen observers without any consequences, none of us are safe anywhere in the country.
#protest #LAProtests #PressFreedom #ProtectJournalists

Freedoms Under Attack: DHS Violence Against Journalists, Observers, and Protesters

YouTube video by The Center for Media and Democracy

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23d

Having Ed Martin with a DOJ job is kind of like putting a mob lawyer in charge of the FBI or the criminal division. Actually .. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Buffoonish Ed Martin Flails to Make His Bogus Case Stick Against Letitia James

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 24d

1/ OK, so here's a thought. I think the loons in the Trump administration are so sealed in their own bubble of weirdness and conspiracy that they are DRAMATICALLY overestimating the public's appetite for their nonsense. I mean dramatically. People want lower food prices, health care, jobs and calm.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24d

WOW -- a screaming Patel crashes out in response to Schiff's questions about Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and calls him "the biggest fraud to ever sit in the United States Senate" and "an utter coward" and "political buffoon"

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 24d

This is quickly mushrooming into a real international incident

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Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 29d

I’ve been to a lot of football stadiums and Lambeau Field is the loudest. Great game experience, except for Commanders stinking up the place.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · Sep 10

Every signature in Jeffrey Epstein's birthday book was real except for Donald Trump's, which was forged. Just like every Republican victory in 2020 was real but Donald Trump's loss was rigged. Why is that so hard for the Left to understand?

by Charlie Kirk

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