Oh yes

Next up on the main feed, an episode that might end up being our magnum opus: "Who the Hell is Laura Loomer?"

Have nearly driven ourselves insane planning this one. No better time to follow the show on your favorite pod player.

On the premium episode this week, @michaelehayden.bsky.social and I set out to answer our show's existential question: "Who Are These Freaks on My Screen?"

We looked at the cohort of right-wing influencers who have flocked to Portland to make MAGA agitprop

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Shot ---> chaser

Look at what they have to face

Big Pete Hegseth shambling around in front of a jumbo American flag vibes

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Identifying public officials isn't "doxing." People have the right to know who is working for their government. Nor, for that matter, is it "radical left-wing terrorism." So it's frustrating to see platforms caving to these bad faith characterizations. www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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The bio page that Sortor's lawyer has set up on his firm's website includes videos of his appearances on Infowars, in case anyone was confused by what kind of politics his attorney has. I'm not sure there's a case left for calling this stuff "fringe" in politics anymore

The Trump Admin has portrayed Nick Sortor as mini-martyr to justify cracking down on anti-ICE protesters in Portland.

Meanwhile, Sortor is filing legal junk with the same lawyer used by Joey Gibson: a far-right activist who collaborated w/ Proud Boys to stage violent protests in Portland years ago

Out Now: @gbbranstetter.bsky.social stops by the show to talk to us about the legal and cultural attacks against trans people during the second Trump administration. A bleak but critical listen

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Is the irony of the president’s friend buying something called “the free press” and immediately installing a government truth compliance officer lost on everybody?

perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.

Out Now: @gbbranstetter.bsky.social stops by the show to talk to us about the legal and cultural attacks against trans people during the second Trump administration. A bleak but critical listen

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Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.

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Sure, because no one has ever made any form of media while under fascist rule

my neighbors are being disappeared. people think they're next. some people aren't scrubbing b/c i dunno, integrity, or whatever the quality is that Tom lacks and makes him say unhinged things. also people have been scrubbing. also i can't post a CBP guy's name who committed crimes b/c I will get

I wrote about the ascendance of Bari Weiss from a hack columnist to media royalty, and what it means for the future of CBS News.

i hope the democrats see that there is no working with these people. it really does need to be pens down. file court cases, lie down in the street, but theres no getting back to the business of washington or whatever. it's all on fire, act accordingly

No better illustration of how much of our opposition party thinks social media posting is a substitute for the responsible exercise of legislative power. @schatz.bsky.social is one of the most irritating offenders here, often posting like he’s Mort Sahl instead of a U.S. Senator

Up next on Posting Through It, a conversation with @gbbranstetter.bsky.social about the MAGA movement's hyper-fixation on transgender people and the movement's warpath against them.

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