Zach Ager
@zachager.bsky.social
Ex-PE/angel investor turned healthcare exec & consultant. Advocate, mentor, uncle x6. Duke, Mizzou & Chiefs fan (he/him) 🏳️🌈
"We're all just here for each other." -Mary DBT Semans
"We're all just here for each other." -Mary DBT Semans
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Trump posted this without knowing Nick Reiner had been arrested. He posted it apparently assuming that one of his fans had murdered Rob Reiner. So if you want to know how Trump will react once his fans start murdering his enemies, now you know. He'll celebrate and blame his enemies.
Trump offers incendiary political message about Rob Reiner’s death
Two people have been found dead at the home of Hollywood director Rob Reiner, officials said.
www.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Trump posted this without knowing Nick Reiner had been arrested. He posted it apparently assuming that one of his fans had murdered Rob Reiner. So if you want to know how Trump will react once his fans start murdering his enemies, now you know. He'll celebrate and blame his enemies.
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Trump needs to be removed from office. Now. Democrats need to say it. Editorial boards need to say it. This is unhinged, unacceptable and it should be nonstop news until it's addressed appropriately.
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Trump needs to be removed from office. Now. Democrats need to say it. Editorial boards need to say it. This is unhinged, unacceptable and it should be nonstop news until it's addressed appropriately.
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Important thread. I would also just note that it underscores how incredibly vital Bluesky is. It may be the smallest major platform, but it's the only one that hasn't been corrupted by fascists. It's crucial that it be protected.
There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
December 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Important thread. I would also just note that it underscores how incredibly vital Bluesky is. It may be the smallest major platform, but it's the only one that hasn't been corrupted by fascists. It's crucial that it be protected.
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Texas A&M knocks off undefeated Nebraska in 5 sets and is headed to a national semifinal, Nebraska's first loss at home since 2022 (Minnesota)
December 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Texas A&M knocks off undefeated Nebraska in 5 sets and is headed to a national semifinal, Nebraska's first loss at home since 2022 (Minnesota)
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I’ve only saved two non-family member voicemails and one was Steve Spurrier linked here and the other was the late Sen. Tom Coburn telling me I was destroying America with my reporting.
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I’ve only saved two non-family member voicemails and one was Steve Spurrier linked here and the other was the late Sen. Tom Coburn telling me I was destroying America with my reporting.
DUKE FOOTBALL
THE TRADITION
OF TRADITIONS
THE TRADITION
OF TRADITIONS
December 7, 2025 at 5:12 AM
DUKE FOOTBALL
THE TRADITION
OF TRADITIONS
THE TRADITION
OF TRADITIONS
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ACC FOOTBALL TITLES:
Duke: 1
Miami: 0
UNC: 0
Duke: 1
Miami: 0
UNC: 0
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
ACC FOOTBALL TITLES:
Duke: 1
Miami: 0
UNC: 0
Duke: 1
Miami: 0
UNC: 0
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YOUR ACC FOOTBALL CHAMPION DUKE BLUE DEVILS
December 7, 2025 at 4:58 AM
YOUR ACC FOOTBALL CHAMPION DUKE BLUE DEVILS
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DUKE FOOTBALL WINS THE ACC
December 7, 2025 at 4:58 AM
DUKE FOOTBALL WINS THE ACC
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"We can take it for granted that Trump and his advisors would greet a terrorist attack as an obvious chance to blame their chosen enemies, advance their project of authoritarian regime change, and distract from their own perilous follies. (1/2)
Some common sense to remember in a trying time.
Originally written in April 2025
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
Originally written in April 2025
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After (Updated)
snyder.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
"We can take it for granted that Trump and his advisors would greet a terrorist attack as an obvious chance to blame their chosen enemies, advance their project of authoritarian regime change, and distract from their own perilous follies. (1/2)
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Good riddance to Nico Harrison, the personification of everything that’s going on. Blew up something good because he didn’t understand it and it didn’t conform to his vision of toughness. One of the clearest pictures of Everyone Is 12 Now ever produced. Untold damage to my psyche. Enjoy podcasting.
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Good riddance to Nico Harrison, the personification of everything that’s going on. Blew up something good because he didn’t understand it and it didn’t conform to his vision of toughness. One of the clearest pictures of Everyone Is 12 Now ever produced. Untold damage to my psyche. Enjoy podcasting.
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This is why we need a new generation of leaders in Congress. After 40 days of holding firm, with public opinion and momentum on our side, establishment Democrats decided to cave to Trump.
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is why we need a new generation of leaders in Congress. After 40 days of holding firm, with public opinion and momentum on our side, establishment Democrats decided to cave to Trump.
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Wrote this three years ago. The football parts held up fine, not that it was hard to predict
Rub some church on it
"If this is found, then I'd rather be lost."
www.jasonkirk.fyi
November 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Wrote this three years ago. The football parts held up fine, not that it was hard to predict
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you know the behavioral crisis response programs are super effective because of how hard police unions are fighting to kill them. they know it’s going to cut into their funding because their response numbers go down even though they know they’re not equipped for these calls and never will be
Jesus Christ this Cuomo ad that ran during the Army/Air Force game
November 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
you know the behavioral crisis response programs are super effective because of how hard police unions are fighting to kill them. they know it’s going to cut into their funding because their response numbers go down even though they know they’re not equipped for these calls and never will be
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Thank you Will Bunch
The Founders knew Congress - especially the House - was the backbone of U.S. democracy. It should be a huge story that Mike Johnson, serving Trump, has all but shut it down
From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It didn’t take a Reichstag Fire to burn down Congress | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, what’s troubling about Maine’s Nazi tattoo flap.
www.inquirer.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Thank you Will Bunch
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i really wish people would understand that the crypto bros are bribing their way into fucking us all over with their funny money because they’re desperate for a cash out that the government’s going to give them. even just the ballroom donors are an easy illustration.
October 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
i really wish people would understand that the crypto bros are bribing their way into fucking us all over with their funny money because they’re desperate for a cash out that the government’s going to give them. even just the ballroom donors are an easy illustration.
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This is awesome!
Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
October 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is awesome!
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So I'm grumpy that we seem to be once again creating a dynamic in our party where the people who got to the right answer sooner are marginalized for doing so, while people who were wrong get credit for changing their minds once it became obvious they were wrong. (See also NAFTA, Iraq War, Gaza.)
September 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
So I'm grumpy that we seem to be once again creating a dynamic in our party where the people who got to the right answer sooner are marginalized for doing so, while people who were wrong get credit for changing their minds once it became obvious they were wrong. (See also NAFTA, Iraq War, Gaza.)
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Common theme of people I've interviewed recently. At universities, in research centers, in diplomacy, in the legal system, dealing with refugees or immigrants:
The reality inside is much worse than you would think from the outside.
The reality inside is much worse than you would think from the outside.
September 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Common theme of people I've interviewed recently. At universities, in research centers, in diplomacy, in the legal system, dealing with refugees or immigrants:
The reality inside is much worse than you would think from the outside.
The reality inside is much worse than you would think from the outside.
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