Mark Nothaft
@marknothaft.bsky.social
Unabashedly done with false narratives and agenda-driven disinformation. My opinions are mine.
So proud of these kids. They will learn as much going outside to do this and discussing the issues among their peers as they would in class. Good civics lesson.
Arizona students are planning to walk out of class today as part of a nationwide “day of action” against Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
‘Day of Action’ against ICE prompts student walkouts, school safety concerns
Arizona students are planning to walk out of class today as part of a nationwide “day of action” against Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
www.azfamily.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:59 PM
So proud of these kids. They will learn as much going outside to do this and discussing the issues among their peers as they would in class. Good civics lesson.
Good weekly conversations with these folks 👇👍
What's the Plan with Leah and Ezra · Indivisible
The chaos out of the White House is meant to overwhelm us. Our antidote is community. Join Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin every Thursday to break down the week’s biggest politic...
mobilize.us
January 30, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Good weekly conversations with these folks 👇👍
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
"It was our country’s destiny to reflect ideals that made us an incandescent beacon for democracy," Maureen Dowd writes. "But Trump has pulverized those ideals. We are now seen as sinister, selfish, unruly and at everybody’s throats."
"It was our country’s destiny to reflect ideals that made us an incandescent beacon for democracy," Maureen Dowd writes. "But Trump has pulverized those ideals. We are now seen as sinister, selfish, unruly and at everybody’s throats."
Opinion | The Un-American President
Our national mosaic, crushed beneath the ICE.
nyti.ms
January 25, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
"It was our country’s destiny to reflect ideals that made us an incandescent beacon for democracy," Maureen Dowd writes. "But Trump has pulverized those ideals. We are now seen as sinister, selfish, unruly and at everybody’s throats."
"It was our country’s destiny to reflect ideals that made us an incandescent beacon for democracy," Maureen Dowd writes. "But Trump has pulverized those ideals. We are now seen as sinister, selfish, unruly and at everybody’s throats."
Opinion | The Un-American President
Our national mosaic, crushed beneath the ICE.
nyti.ms
January 25, 2026 at 1:30 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
"It was our country’s destiny to reflect ideals that made us an incandescent beacon for democracy," Maureen Dowd writes. "But Trump has pulverized those ideals. We are now seen as sinister, selfish, unruly and at everybody’s throats."
"It was our country’s destiny to reflect ideals that made us an incandescent beacon for democracy," Maureen Dowd writes. "But Trump has pulverized those ideals. We are now seen as sinister, selfish, unruly and at everybody’s throats."
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You gotta call a spade a spade, totally agree with the Governor’s approach. Congress needs to follow his lead…
Newsom calls global leaders 'pathetic' for Trump complicity
Newsom calls global leaders 'pathetic' for Trump complicity
Gov. Gavin Newsom urged European and other global leaders to “stand tall and firm" and to “have a backbone,” bemoaning that too many have been “rolling over” in the face of Trump’s actions and rhetoric.
www.latimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
You gotta call a spade a spade, totally agree with the Governor’s approach. Congress needs to follow his lead…
@nytimes doing a great service documenting ICE and public interactions in Minneapolis. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: How We Photographed an ICE Confrontation in Minneapolis
Our visual journalists David Guttenfelder and Todd Heisler describe a dramatic incident in which federal agents dragged a woman out of her car in Minneapolis near where Renee Nicole Good had been kill...
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:23 PM
@nytimes doing a great service documenting ICE and public interactions in Minneapolis. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Breaking News: A federal agent shot an immigrant in the leg in Minneapolis, federal officials said, one week after an ICE officer killed Renee Good in the city.
Federal Agent Shoots Immigrant in Minneapolis, Homeland Security Says
The agent shot an immigrant from Venezuela in the leg while trying to arrest him, an official said. The shooting comes a week after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman in the city.
nyti.ms
January 15, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Breaking News: A federal agent shot an immigrant in the leg in Minneapolis, federal officials said, one week after an ICE officer killed Renee Good in the city.
@katestarbird.bsky.social, @shannimcg.bsky.social and @noupside.bsky.social sourced in the following @jjoffeblock.bsky.social report on @npr.org regarding the symbiotic relationship of unverified influencer reports and federal actions. Both need to be held to account. #factsmatter
Pro-Trump influencers take a victory lap amid fallout from viral video alleging fraud
The swift policy and political repercussions the video helped propel illustrate the symbiotic relationship between online content creators and the Trump administration's policy goals.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:39 PM
@katestarbird.bsky.social, @shannimcg.bsky.social and @noupside.bsky.social sourced in the following @jjoffeblock.bsky.social report on @npr.org regarding the symbiotic relationship of unverified influencer reports and federal actions. Both need to be held to account. #factsmatter
Phoenominal package by the @nytimes.com and legendary photog Doug Mills. We’ve heard Trump speak, but the Oval Office objects and messages they convey further remind us of how just unfit he is for the position… www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
‘He’s a Maximalist’: Inside Trump’s Gilded Oval Office
Take a 3-D tour of the president’s office, where he covered a third of the wall space with gold.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Phoenominal package by the @nytimes.com and legendary photog Doug Mills. We’ve heard Trump speak, but the Oval Office objects and messages they convey further remind us of how just unfit he is for the position… www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This is so problematic, I don’t even know where to begin…how about every law, policy, treaty or court ruling since the unconditional surrender of 1945? Does Congress have ANYTHING to say about his self-described limitless power? How about the courts at The Hague?
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:04 PM
This is so problematic, I don’t even know where to begin…how about every law, policy, treaty or court ruling since the unconditional surrender of 1945? Does Congress have ANYTHING to say about his self-described limitless power? How about the courts at The Hague?
Twitter silences decent dissenters 👎 #unAmerican
January 7, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Twitter silences decent dissenters 👎 #unAmerican
I admit it, I’m biased toward democracy… great piece by @gelliottmorris
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
Pardon my coup
Accurate political journalism requires a bias toward democracy
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I admit it, I’m biased toward democracy… great piece by @gelliottmorris
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
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The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly plugging away at research they hope will help us all adapt to the Biosphere 1 — that is Earth, and the climate change we are causing to it.
Inside the evolution of Biosphere 2, from '90s punchline to scientific playground
The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly plugging away at research they hope will help us all adapt to the Biosphere 1 — that is Earth, and the climate change we are causing to it.
n.pr
July 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly plugging away at research they hope will help us all adapt to the Biosphere 1 — that is Earth, and the climate change we are causing to it.
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Can technology save us from mis- and disinformation? It's not as straight-forward as it seems, and the overarching question posed in @forbes.com by Hod Fleishman of Remedy CoLab, an online reputation consultancy, who describes the use of bots, fake users on TikTok and X to manipulate perceptions.
Will Technology Save Us From The Threats And Risks Of Disinformation? — The Integrity Project
Disinformation, misinformation, deception, and traditional propaganda all utilize digital channels and social networks to spread their messages to the public. The challenge and risk is complex, but ca...
www.tipaz.org
March 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Can technology save us from mis- and disinformation? It's not as straight-forward as it seems, and the overarching question posed in @forbes.com by Hod Fleishman of Remedy CoLab, an online reputation consultancy, who describes the use of bots, fake users on TikTok and X to manipulate perceptions.
An online presentation at 3 p.m. EST tomorrow from The @brennancenter.bsky.social, 'Presidents Don't Control Our Elections,' with Center experts Eliza Sweren-Becker, Larry Norden, Sean Morales-Doyle, and Michael Waldman.
👇 Participate in democracy, here: brennan.swoogo.com/ourelections...
👇 Participate in democracy, here: brennan.swoogo.com/ourelections...
March 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
An online presentation at 3 p.m. EST tomorrow from The @brennancenter.bsky.social, 'Presidents Don't Control Our Elections,' with Center experts Eliza Sweren-Becker, Larry Norden, Sean Morales-Doyle, and Michael Waldman.
👇 Participate in democracy, here: brennan.swoogo.com/ourelections...
👇 Participate in democracy, here: brennan.swoogo.com/ourelections...
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Late, great U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York:
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."
March 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Late, great U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York:
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."
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The assault on higher education isn’t about free speech—it’s about controlling speech and setting a chilling precedent for censorship, @fareedzaakariia.bsky.social writes in The @washingtonpost.com. Under the guise of fighting 'wokeness,' the government is deciding what speech is acceptable. 👇
Trump is launching America’s version of the Cultural Revolution — The Integrity Project
America has 72 percent of the world’s 25 top universities by one ranking and 64 percent by another. But this crucial U.S. competitive advantage is being undermined by the Trump administration’s war on...
www.tipaz.org
March 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The assault on higher education isn’t about free speech—it’s about controlling speech and setting a chilling precedent for censorship, @fareedzaakariia.bsky.social writes in The @washingtonpost.com. Under the guise of fighting 'wokeness,' the government is deciding what speech is acceptable. 👇
Late, great U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York:
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."
March 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Late, great U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York:
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."
One of the more important conversations this week – @barbmcquade.bsky.social and @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social discuss disinformation and the manipulation of public perceptions that are tearing down our institutions. Moderated by @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social. 7 pm EST Wed. bigtentusa.org/event/democr...
March 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
One of the more important conversations this week – @barbmcquade.bsky.social and @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social discuss disinformation and the manipulation of public perceptions that are tearing down our institutions. Moderated by @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social. 7 pm EST Wed. bigtentusa.org/event/democr...
@repgregstanton.bsky.social of Arizona's 4th holds a special town hall meeting with @tempegov.bsky.social Mayor Corey Woods tomorrow, Wednesday, March 19, at 6 p.m. to discuss constituent concerns regarding the actions taken by the Trump Administration and Elon Musk. Tune in 👉 stanton.house.gov/live
March 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
@repgregstanton.bsky.social of Arizona's 4th holds a special town hall meeting with @tempegov.bsky.social Mayor Corey Woods tomorrow, Wednesday, March 19, at 6 p.m. to discuss constituent concerns regarding the actions taken by the Trump Administration and Elon Musk. Tune in 👉 stanton.house.gov/live
Yes, yes, and more of this. Thank you, Reps. @donwinslow.bsky.social and John Larson. x.com/donwinslow/s...
March 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Yes, yes, and more of this. Thank you, Reps. @donwinslow.bsky.social and John Larson. x.com/donwinslow/s...