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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 4d

Most journalism this week has been like, "Legal experts unsure whether Trump shooting man in middle of 5th Avenue is murder..."

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 10d

I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Rand Paul: "Chicago is a nightmare. It is literally a war zone."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Ossoff: "We have a president who's completely out of control, a crook engaged in unprecedented corruption, who's passing one of the most unpopular agendas in history. The public is turning against him. The opposition is motivated. We can win & we have to win, but we don't have the luxury of despair"

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 11d

# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon

The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 12d

If someone from another country explained that their president could violate their constitution's plain text but that it was completely legitimate because lifetime judges who belong to political parties said he could on the "shadow docket," you would laugh at them because their country is primitive.

Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 12d

BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Trump unilaterally freeze billions in congressionally appropriated foreign aid money

apparent 6-3 vote with liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Rebecca Burns @rebeccapburns.bsky.social · 19d

“But I have to remain strong and confident that the United States still has some caring and decency left and that in the end justice will prevail.”

The Bitter Southerner @bittersouth.bsky.social · 19d

This week,The BS rec’d a letter from MARIO GUEVARA, the only known journalist detained on US soil by ICE.

For wks, we’ve worked w/ his family to obtain Mario’s handwritten letter + the 2 drawings of his cell.

The letter is also available in Spanish. bittersoutherner.com/journalist-m...

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 20d

Support independent media, now more than ever. Not just news and politics, but film, TV, fashion and other cultural criticism and commentary, from podcasts to apps to good old-fashioned web sites. Pay for it. Turn your adblocker off so they can keep the lights on. Share it.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 21d

They are literally canceling culture

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 23d

No notes

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 25d

Any news organization with a shred of decency would fire Brian Kilmeade immediately. There is no gray area about this.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25d

In a shocking on-air moment, a “Fox and Friends” co-host said homeless people suffering from mental health issues who refuse help should be killed

'Just Kill 'Em': Fox Host Makes Shocking Comment On Homeless People

"Fox and Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade made a jaw-dropping remark while discussing homelessness and mental health.

www.huffpost.com

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 25d

In a sane world, Fox host Brian Kilmeade would be fired and shunned for his depraved comments that homeless people should be euthanized. That’s sick (and deeply ignorant), but sicker still is that it’s tolerated.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26d

Are you telling me these people are malicious *and* incompetent? Well, I never

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 26d

The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.

Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.

These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show

A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

www.reuters.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 2

The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.

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Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · Aug 30

I can

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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · Aug 29

Les droits de douane décidés par Donald Trump jugés en grande partie illégaux par une cour d’appel fédérale

Les surtaxes imposées par le président américain à un très grand nombre de pays restent néanmoins en vigueur, l’application du jugement étant suspendue jusqu’au 14 octobre.

www.lemonde.fr

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Micah @rincewind.run · Aug 28

the thing that's so fucking infuriating about this is how much more that matters for the bottom 10%

$1200 can be life or death at that level of income

top 10%? $13K is nice, to be sure, but it's "maybe we'll take another vacation" nice not "oh good now we can afford to eat this month"

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · Aug 28

CBO analysis of the One Big Beautiful Bill and how it impacts different parts of the income spectrum:

—A net resource increase of $13,600, on average, for the top one-tenth of U.S. earners.

—A net resource decrease of $1,200, on average, for the bottom one-tenth of U.S. earners.

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · Aug 21

The Gavin Newsom adoration isn't because people love Newsom, it's because the Democratic base is going out of its mind waiting for a politician with a national platform to punch back against Trump. And you can count the number of Democrats who fit that bill on one hand.

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · Aug 21

Gavin Newsom is a genuinely bad person and any admiration you have for him needs to be directed toward actually good people like JB Pritzker or Andy Beshear.

Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · Aug 20

This motherfucker

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · Aug 21

elderly white hippies > young white fascists

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 20

Stephen Miller: "All these demonstrators that you've seen out here in recent days, all these elderly white hippies, they're not part of the city and never have been ... we're gonna ignore these stupid white hippies that all need to go home and take a nap because they're all over 90 years old."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Aug 17

If pundits would like to talk about violence, a terrorist recently shot up the CDC and another assassinated Democratic officials in Minnesota but they sort of let both stories disappear

Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 20

Ossoff: "Democrats need to strike back. We have no time or luxury for high-minded hesitation, because Trump and MAGA are going to do everything within their power to hold on and to lock in one party rule in America. That's the reality that we face."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 15

Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Aug 14

Good news: Canned chicken is cheaper.

Bad news: Vegetable prices are up 38.9%.

www.bls.gov/news.release...

Product detail: A quarter of the July advance in the index for final demand goods can be traced to
prices for fresh and dry vegetables, which jumped 38.9 percent. The indexes for meats, diesel fuel, jet
fuel, nonferrous scrap, and eggs for fresh use also rose. Conversely, prices for gasoline decreased 1.8
percent. The indexes for canned, cooked, smoked, or prepared poultry and for plastic resins and
materials also declined.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Aug 14

it's weird being part of a global laughingstock nation www.politico.eu/article/dona...

Trump cold-called Norwegian minister to ask about Nobel Peace Prize

American president angles for top diplomatic award while world watches his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

www.politico.eu

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · Aug 12

Grossly irresponsible of the Times to have this ludicrous credulous spin as the top story the morning after a president who rules by fiat proclaims a totally specious emergency to militarize the capital - an editorial insult to our intelligence and our democracy.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · Aug 11

Let's be clear, this is the situation we face:

"Aspiring authoritarian federal government takes control of police force in nation's capital."

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