Heather Sharp
@heathercsharp.bsky.social
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The Russian ‘press’ also thought Trump was selling out Ukraine yesterday - and they’re thrilled
December 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The Russian ‘press’ also thought Trump was selling out Ukraine yesterday - and they’re thrilled
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
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Start a trade war with China. Escalate when they retaliate. Repeat until a near-embargo. Meet to agree on a 90 day pause. Get nervous about that agreement, so re-meet to re-agree to that 90 day pause. As the 90 day pause draws to a close, meet to agree to a 90 day pause.
August 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Start a trade war with China. Escalate when they retaliate. Repeat until a near-embargo. Meet to agree on a 90 day pause. Get nervous about that agreement, so re-meet to re-agree to that 90 day pause. As the 90 day pause draws to a close, meet to agree to a 90 day pause.
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"It's time to have a serious conversation about America’s free speech problem. Let’s start with the abuse of defamation law by the president of the United States."
@kimwehle.bsky.social on Trump's WSJ lawsuit: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-threat...
@kimwehle.bsky.social on Trump's WSJ lawsuit: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-threat...
The Threat to Free Speech in Trump’s Unprecedented Wall Street Journal Suit
On the merits, this defamation case should be winnable for the newspaper. But the chilling effect is real and dangerous.
www.thebulwark.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"It's time to have a serious conversation about America’s free speech problem. Let’s start with the abuse of defamation law by the president of the United States."
@kimwehle.bsky.social on Trump's WSJ lawsuit: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-threat...
@kimwehle.bsky.social on Trump's WSJ lawsuit: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-threat...
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Churches can now openly involve themselves in elections, but Elizabeth Bruenig argues that “what may appear to be a triumph over liberalism could in fact be a loss, the supersession of heavenly concerns by earthly ones.”
Don’t Degrade Church With Politics
Church intervention in electoral races is an efficient polarization machine.
bit.ly
July 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Churches can now openly involve themselves in elections, but Elizabeth Bruenig argues that “what may appear to be a triumph over liberalism could in fact be a loss, the supersession of heavenly concerns by earthly ones.”
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Listen up, weaklings: there’s no Epstein client list – and definitely no cover-up. Yours, Donald J Trump | Marina Hyde
Listen up, weaklings: there’s no Epstein client list – and definitely no cover-up. Yours, Donald J Trump | Marina Hyde
It’s the bonfire of the Maga hats. The real mystery is where their wearers got the idea of a paedophile conspiracy from in the first place, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Listen up, weaklings: there’s no Epstein client list – and definitely no cover-up. Yours, Donald J Trump | Marina Hyde
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My LGBTQ friends knew I wasn't going to miss the most bigoted decision from this court. In case you missed it, Sam Alito's opinion in the "bigots are afriad of picture books" case is one of the most homophobic screeds ever from the SCOTUS.
My latest @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Samuel Alito Takes Pride in Gay-Bashing
With his majority opinion in Mahmoud v. Taylor, Alito gave bigoted parents a big, fat kiss—and changed the nature of public education.
www.thenation.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
My LGBTQ friends knew I wasn't going to miss the most bigoted decision from this court. In case you missed it, Sam Alito's opinion in the "bigots are afriad of picture books" case is one of the most homophobic screeds ever from the SCOTUS.
My latest @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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You’ve seen this movie before: Maybe Reagan guessed, Bush hoped, and Trump tried—but tax cuts never paid for themselves. Given the mountain of evidence, claiming once again that "tax cuts will pay for themselves" is no longer ideologically motivated optimism.
It's a lie.
It's a lie.
June 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
You’ve seen this movie before: Maybe Reagan guessed, Bush hoped, and Trump tried—but tax cuts never paid for themselves. Given the mountain of evidence, claiming once again that "tax cuts will pay for themselves" is no longer ideologically motivated optimism.
It's a lie.
It's a lie.
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This is very good. The outline of the New Dark Age emerges
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Feudalism Is Our Future
What the next Dark Ages could look like
www.theatlantic.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This is very good. The outline of the New Dark Age emerges
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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‘It is a better programmer than me’: The harsh reality of being laid off because of AI
‘You cannot stop this from happening:’ The harsh reality of AI and the job market
“I’m really convinced that anybody whose job is done on a computer all day is over. It’s just a matter of time,” one engineer told Michelle Del Rey
www.independent.co.uk
June 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
‘It is a better programmer than me’: The harsh reality of being laid off because of AI
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In Missouri, overturning the will of voters has almost become the legislature’s main business.
Lawmakers wasted no time moving to undo a constitutional amendment that legalized abortion up to fetal viability.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Lawmakers wasted no time moving to undo a constitutional amendment that legalized abortion up to fetal viability.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.
In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power…
www.propublica.org
June 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In Missouri, overturning the will of voters has almost become the legislature’s main business.
Lawmakers wasted no time moving to undo a constitutional amendment that legalized abortion up to fetal viability.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Lawmakers wasted no time moving to undo a constitutional amendment that legalized abortion up to fetal viability.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
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Always remember: Trump IS consistent about the only things that matter to him: 1) staying out of jail 2) revenge and 3) getting rich
Tariffs are ultimately an excuse for him to get Fox News to fawn over his phony "deals" while he travels the globe collecting airplanes and family crypto bribes
Tariffs are ultimately an excuse for him to get Fox News to fawn over his phony "deals" while he travels the globe collecting airplanes and family crypto bribes
May 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Always remember: Trump IS consistent about the only things that matter to him: 1) staying out of jail 2) revenge and 3) getting rich
Tariffs are ultimately an excuse for him to get Fox News to fawn over his phony "deals" while he travels the globe collecting airplanes and family crypto bribes
Tariffs are ultimately an excuse for him to get Fox News to fawn over his phony "deals" while he travels the globe collecting airplanes and family crypto bribes
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The origins of today’s “woke right” precede the left-wing version of wokeness, Jonathan Chait writes: “I happened to find a textual source, perfectly preserved in time.”
The Godfather of the Woke Right
A 2011 book by Pat Buchanan shows the deep roots of today’s right-wing illiberalism.
bit.ly
May 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The origins of today’s “woke right” precede the left-wing version of wokeness, Jonathan Chait writes: “I happened to find a textual source, perfectly preserved in time.”
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
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What did Pope Francis think of JD Vance? His view was more than clear | Jan-Werner Mueller
What did Pope Francis think of JD Vance? His view was more than clear | Jan-Werner Mueller
Francis was as outspoken as could be without naming names, when he criticized Vance in his February letter to US bishops
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
What did Pope Francis think of JD Vance? His view was more than clear | Jan-Werner Mueller
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Pete Hegseth is a pretty despicable human being, on top of the other, many deficits he brought to the Pentagon
But you should be even madder at the 50 senators who knew Hegseth was an alcoholic, a serial abuser of women, and a poser massively unqualified for the post and yet voted for him anyway
But you should be even madder at the 50 senators who knew Hegseth was an alcoholic, a serial abuser of women, and a poser massively unqualified for the post and yet voted for him anyway
April 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Pete Hegseth is a pretty despicable human being, on top of the other, many deficits he brought to the Pentagon
But you should be even madder at the 50 senators who knew Hegseth was an alcoholic, a serial abuser of women, and a poser massively unqualified for the post and yet voted for him anyway
But you should be even madder at the 50 senators who knew Hegseth was an alcoholic, a serial abuser of women, and a poser massively unqualified for the post and yet voted for him anyway
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There are certain things you just don’t let JD Vance near:
- football trophies
- couches
- democracy
- popes, apparently
- football trophies
- couches
- democracy
- popes, apparently
April 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
There are certain things you just don’t let JD Vance near:
- football trophies
- couches
- democracy
- popes, apparently
- football trophies
- couches
- democracy
- popes, apparently
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‘The bomber’s words sound mainstream. Like he won!’ Oklahoma City’s tragedy in the time of Trump
‘The bomber’s words sound mainstream. Like he won!’ Oklahoma City’s tragedy in the time of Trump
Revulsion at deadly Oklahoma City explosion in 1995 has faded. But echoes of the blast, and its perpetrator, Timothy McVeigh, are heard today as far-right ideas storm the US
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
‘The bomber’s words sound mainstream. Like he won!’ Oklahoma City’s tragedy in the time of Trump
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One of the sources of rot running through our political, intellectual, and media institutions is the total triumph of the idea that democracy means outsourcing your morality and point of view to a fuzzily incoherent view of what's popular. Total rejection of the idea of morality as personal virtue.
How is this different than what Republican senators say about Trump
April 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
One of the sources of rot running through our political, intellectual, and media institutions is the total triumph of the idea that democracy means outsourcing your morality and point of view to a fuzzily incoherent view of what's popular. Total rejection of the idea of morality as personal virtue.
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In Divisive Move, Democrats Put Books Back in Libraries
Liberal Activists Say Women Should Be Allowed to Wear Shoes Again. It's Not That Simple
In This Steeltown Diner, the Ashes of the Purged Would Tell Us One Thing If They Were Alive: Keep Trans Players Out of Frisbee Golf
Liberal Activists Say Women Should Be Allowed to Wear Shoes Again. It's Not That Simple
In This Steeltown Diner, the Ashes of the Purged Would Tell Us One Thing If They Were Alive: Keep Trans Players Out of Frisbee Golf
All I keep thinking about is that if/when Dems regain power, every action to restore normality or basic functioning of governmental institutions will be covered by the national press like it’s a controversial, partisan power play on par with a coup.
April 8, 2025 at 4:36 AM
In Divisive Move, Democrats Put Books Back in Libraries
Liberal Activists Say Women Should Be Allowed to Wear Shoes Again. It's Not That Simple
In This Steeltown Diner, the Ashes of the Purged Would Tell Us One Thing If They Were Alive: Keep Trans Players Out of Frisbee Golf
Liberal Activists Say Women Should Be Allowed to Wear Shoes Again. It's Not That Simple
In This Steeltown Diner, the Ashes of the Purged Would Tell Us One Thing If They Were Alive: Keep Trans Players Out of Frisbee Golf
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If you’re continuously stunned by the behavior of gerrymandered GOP representatives in the world of Citizens United, don’t be.
Here’s how to think of them:
They are no longer public servants.
Improving public outcomes is not their goal. Nor do they do better in life…
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If you’re continuously stunned by the behavior of gerrymandered GOP representatives in the world of Citizens United, don’t be.
Here’s how to think of them:
They are no longer public servants.
Improving public outcomes is not their goal. Nor do they do better in life…
1/
April 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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If you’re continuously stunned by the behavior of gerrymandered GOP representatives in the world of Citizens United, don’t be.
Here’s how to think of them:
They are no longer public servants.
Improving public outcomes is not their goal. Nor do they do better in life…
1/
If you’re continuously stunned by the behavior of gerrymandered GOP representatives in the world of Citizens United, don’t be.
Here’s how to think of them:
They are no longer public servants.
Improving public outcomes is not their goal. Nor do they do better in life…
1/
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Holy shit this piece is absolutely savage. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-new-gend...
April 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Holy shit this piece is absolutely savage. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-new-gend...