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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 2h

"Had Hegseth spent more time on Wikipedia and less time in the makeup room, he might have learned that women have been serving in the military, in one form or another, for more than 200 years — from the Revolutionary War to Iraq and Kuwait."
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 21h

Folks ask me all the time if Trump can/will cancel the Midterms. Presidential Historian Doug Brinkley thinks not. BUT lays out the other ways the GOP can manipulate the vote to hold on to power and protect their Boss, Donald Trump
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 23h

I asked Presidential Historian Doug Brinkley why more Americans are not fighting back against Donald Trump's authoritarian actions. There are a number of factors and he points to some responsibility for Democrats.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 1d

No President in recent memory has exercised such complete control of his own party. Donald Trump uses fear and online power to keep the GOP in line. The GOP once put Country over slavish devotion to a President.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when Steve Bannon said MAGA wanted to dismantle the administrative state? Well, it's happening and the feckless GOP is too scared of Donald Trump to protect even their own voters who often need government assistance.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 1d

You know who doesn't get enough blame for the tenuous state Donald Trump has put us in? Republican officials. Presidential historian Doug Brinkley on how Trump's delusional "mandate" has cowed the GOP.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 5d

A furiously wild news week broken down by @linda-feldmann.bsky.social, WH Correspondent, DC Bureau Chief for The Christian Science Monitor, @pbump.com, former Columnist for @washingtonpost.com and @delaneyrules.bsky.social, Senior Reporter @huffpost.com
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 5d

"Their body language said it all. They didn't laugh, applaud or nod. They just sat there, clearly not happy to hear this drivel. One year ago, Hegseth was a weekend talk show host on Fox. This year, he's strutting across the stage like a peacock."
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 6d

"Trump sees the Justice Department as his personal police force to pursue his political enemies, and in Pam Bondi he’s found a compliant attorney general more than willing to do his dirty work for him."
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 7d

Sometimes sucking up to Trump 24/7, as Rupert Murdoch does with Fox News, is not enough to insulate you from the wrath of the would-be dictator in the White House. And his 10 Billion Dollar lawsuit.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 7d

One lesson that the Kimmel affair taught us is that activism does work. It's reported that 1.7 million folks canceled their Disney+ subs. And that activism got Disney to get off their knees. Sinclair and Nexstar caved, too.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 8d

Trump and his complicit Attorney General Pam Bondi are using Charlie Kirk's assassination to illegally target the left. @mattgertz.bsky.social explains on today's pod.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 12d

So much news. So much smarts from @jbendery.bsky.social Reporter @huffpost.com, @evanmcs.bsky.social, Reporter @notus.com and contributor to the NOTUS Daily Newsletter and @kirk-bado.bsky.social, Editor, @nationaljournal.com Hotline.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 12d

"The Democratic Party needs a lot of things: new leadership, a lot more backbone, a compelling message and an aggressive campaign to take back the House and Senate. The Party doesn't need a pity party. But that's all we're getting from Kamala Harris."
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 14d

Friends, our regular Tuesday podcast had some technical difficulties. Instead, we think the world needs to hear just how crazy Trump was at the UN. The networks usually sane wash him, but we are running the whole embarrassing speech. Please share.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 14d

"It’s not about Kimmel. It’s about freedom of the press. It’s about losing the presence of a free, independent media to hold politicians’ feet to the fire as enshrined in the First Amendment, is the very essence of democracy."
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 15d

Good morning Friends. Today's podcast will come out late this afternoon. It's about Trump's attempted crackdown on critics in the media and of course, the whole Jimmy Kimmel saga. Oliver Darcy, a leading media critic and scoop machine will be our guest. Stay tuned!

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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 19d

Though the Free Press is under attack from MAGA, our panelists are fearless: With Sabrina Siddiqui, reporter for The Wall Street Journal @hunterw.bsky.social investigative reporter @talkingpointsmemo.com and Geoff Earle long time DC correspondent.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 19d

"'Don't speak ill of the dead.' That's a good rule to live by. But so is this rule: Don't lie about the dead. Don't make them better dead than they were alive. Yet that's exactly what's going on today with the over-the-top lionization of Charlie Kirk."
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 21d

"Trump seems to treat the murder of Charlie Kirk as an excuse to ramp up his use of presidential powers to go after his political enemies. It is the responsibility of the president to calm the waters. Instead, Trump continues to fan the flames."
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 21d

@AFT.org President @RWeingarten.bsky.social represents well over a million teachers from pre-school to post-graduate programs, so school violence is always on her mind. Plus she explains why Donald Trump and his minions fear teachers.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 21d

It can be easy to label Donald Trump a fascist, and he may deserve it, but we must do the hard work to understand the *behavior* of fascists. To recognize it and resist it. @AFT.org President @RWeingarten.bsky.social on just who might save us.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 22d

As the nation deals with the assassination of Charlie Kirk, it's important to recognize and understand how language can lead to violence. @AFT.org President @RWeingarten.bsky.social with a warning.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 22d

In @AFT.org President @RWeingarten.bsky.social’s new book, Why Fascists Fear Teachers, she lays out just why autocrats and would be autocrats (Donald Trump, I’m looking at you) are waging a war on knowledge, education and teachers.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 22d

@aft.org Prez @rweingarten.bsky.social explains why former teacher Lyndon Johnson got the Federal Government involved in local education and why Trump wants to shut down the Department of Education.
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