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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 2d

In Portland, our intrepid legal affairs editor @garrettepps.bsky.social braves ICE and kombucha to report on the Justice Department’s Orwellian arguments and how a Trump-nominated jurist is holding the line for democracy.

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The Judge Standing up to Trump’s Portland Invasion

A report on the Justice Department’s Orwellian arguments and how a Trump-nominated jurist is holding the line for democracy.

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Matthew Cooper @mattizcoop.bsky.social · 4d

Great reporting from @washingtonmonthly.com Contributing Editor @timothynoah.bsky.social.

Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 4d

This weekend is a good time to catch up on my stories about Trump’s imminent sale and likely destruction of a 1940 government building that one expert calls “the Sistine Chapel of New Deal art.”

Part one:

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The New Deal Masterpieces Threatened by Trump’s D.C. Downsizing

Your great-grandparents paid Ben Shahn and Philip Guston to create gorgeous public murals. Next year they could be rubble.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 4d

This weekend is a good time to catch up on my stories about Trump’s imminent sale and likely destruction of a 1940 government building that one expert calls “the Sistine Chapel of New Deal art.”

Part one:

newrepublic.com/article/2010...

Part two:

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The New Deal Masterpieces Threatened by Trump’s D.C. Downsizing

Your great-grandparents paid Ben Shahn and Philip Guston to create gorgeous public murals. Next year they could be rubble.

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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 6d

As always, @boltsmag.org puts out a great guide to all the elections coming up.

"We’ve identified more than 180 key elections that will be decided this fall—from mayors and governors to school boards and judges—and explain why they matter."

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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts

Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so much else... Read M...

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 6d

The deep dive that @donmoyn.bsky.social and I did into what Russell Vought and Donald Trump are seeking in their shutdown is now published with transcript and show notes.

We also covered the history of right-wing public administration and Vought's religious extremism, and much more!

Trump’s shutdown strategy is far more radical than you know

White House budget director Russell Vought is waging war on the government, secularism, and modernity itself

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Matthew Cooper @mattizcoop.bsky.social · 13d

Brett Kavanaugh Hits the Street! Very funny from @garrettepps.bsky.social in the @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/25/b...

Brett Kavanaugh Hits the Street!

Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh greenlit racial profiling. How the jurist sees an envision an ICE agent confronting a Hispanic Appearing Person.

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Yair Rosenberg @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social · 17d

They are not hiding it, people who don't see it at this point are choosing not to

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17d

Stevie Wonder pays tribute to Earth, Wind and Fire's "September" during tonight's "A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live"

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Matthew Cooper @mattizcoop.bsky.social · 19d

Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material

Matthew Cooper @mattizcoop.bsky.social · 19d

The Kirk Assassination and the MAGA Threat to Free Speech by @garrettepps.bsky.social in the @washingtonmonthly.com

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The Kirk Assassination and the MAGA Threat to Free Speech

Demagogues are using the tragic Kirk assassination to target free speech, the First Amendment, and America itself.

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Matthew Cooper @mattizcoop.bsky.social · 20d

Also, putting her in LA took her out of DC (likely a consideration) but right where all of her Brentwood and Pacific Palisades sourcing are
gonna say, WTF.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 20d

He can't even stick with the pretext they cooked up as to why Kimmel had to go, huh?

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 20d

Trump:

"When you have a network, and you have evening shows, and all they do is hit Trump... They're not allowed to do that."

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 20d

“Democrats need to let it be known that any and all Trump accomplices who carry out corrupt or illegal actions on his behalf will face accountability later. It’s the only language these authoritarian thugs will ever understand.” newrepublic.com/article/2006...

Trump’s Ouster of Jimmy Kimmel Is Much Worse than You Think It Is

Anna Gomez, the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner, tells TNR that her boss’ move violates both the First Amendment and the Communications Act. Democrats must extract consequences.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20d

@timmiller.bsky.social: “This is the federal government pressuring media companies to silence critics of the president. I mean, this is a straight out of the authoritarian playbook. It is an attempt to silence speech directly from the government.”

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Matthew Cooper @mattizcoop.bsky.social · 21d

Great Constitution Day read! The Great Might-Have-Been of the Constitutional Convention. Great from Stanford ’s Jack Rakove on the Senate that could have been.
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The Great Might-Have-Been of the Constitutional Convention

The U.S. Senate and the nation's history might different if the Constitutional Convention had structured the chamber differently.

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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 26d

Thought-provoking reflection on journalism and 9/11 by @mattizcoop.bsky.social
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The Lost Journalistic World of 9/11

Before the era of “hot takes,” silos, steep budget cuts, and charges of “fake news,” the mainstream press had strengths that we need now.

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 27d

Charlie Kirk's Assassination War More Than Just Murder.

The law makes distinctions between killings, and there’s a reason political assassination deserves a special circle of Hell – @mattizcoop.bsky.social:

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The Charlie Kirk Assassination: More Than Just Murder

The Charlie Kirk assassination shows why political assassination is penalized differently than typical murders.

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Matthew Cooper @mattizcoop.bsky.social · 27d

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The Lost Journalistic World of 9/11

Before the era of “hot takes,” silos, steep budget cuts, and charges of “fake news,” the mainstream press had strengths that we need now.

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Matthew Cooper @mattizcoop.bsky.social · Sep 5

Still bereft about the passing of my close friend since college, who had a profound influence on my life and career.

Joshua Abram Dies at 62; Gave Workspace-Sharing an Upscale Spin www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/b...

Joshua Abram Dies at 62; Gave Workspace-Sharing an Upscale Spin

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Matthew Cooper @mattizcoop.bsky.social · Sep 5

Administration wants to scrap environmental data satellites.

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Two Valuable Satellites Are in ‘Perfect Health.’ They May Be Scrapped.

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Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social · Aug 7

Bad news in Gaza and Ukraine. Bad news on the economy. Mismanagement everywhere. Obvious corruption. Epstein. And Epstein again.

Even loyal Republicans are now starting to worry about Trump. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Things Aren’t Going Donald Trump’s Way

He hasn’t ended the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. His economy looks shaky. And then there’s Jeffrey Epstein.

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Anne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social · Aug 6

Dems should go "all out on gerrymandering warfare," says @billscher.bsky.social @washingtonmonthly.com, and fight fire with fire in California and elsewhere.

From this week's politics roundtable: @glastris.bsky.social @mattizcoop.bsky.social

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Dems should go all out on gerrymandering warfare

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Matthew Cooper @mattizcoop.bsky.social · Aug 7

"If Netanyahu makes the colossal mistake of trying to reoccupy Gaza for the long term, then no thoughtful person can be pro-Israel without also being against him."

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Opinion | Where Can Gaza Go From Here?

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Anne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social · Aug 4

Join @mattizcoop.bsky.social @glastris.bsky.social @billscher.bsky.social @washingtonmonthly.com at 10 AM this am as they talk about the mess in Texas redistricting, Trump's latest authoritarian move with the BLS, and a GOP rift on Israel

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Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent magazine based in Washington, D.C. Over the years, the Monthly has launched some of the biggest names in journalism, including James Fallows o...

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