@stiffelman.bsky.social
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I am going to now do the most important and least petty thing a person could do with this: use it as a way to victory-lap my own reporting
HOLY FUCKING SHIT a whistleblower FBI agent in the Broadview 6 case is resigning and suing the DOJ because he said President Trump, Todd Blanche and Kash Patel forced him to charge @katmabu.bsky.social for political reasons, then tried to make him the fall guy.
www.wbez.org/crime/2026/1...
www.wbez.org/crime/2026/1...
November 2, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I am going to now do the most important and least petty thing a person could do with this: use it as a way to victory-lap my own reporting
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Can the Times allow a comment this blunt? We'll see!
November 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Can the Times allow a comment this blunt? We'll see!
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In important Indiana news….
"Sens. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) live in apartments in Washington that they rent from a lobbyist who works for Fortune 100 companies including Meta, Boeing and Wells Fargo."
by @politico.com
by @politico.com
The lobbyist landlord to two senators
Sens. Jon Husted and Todd Young live in apartments in Washington that they rent from a lobbyist who works for top Fortune 100 companies including Meta, Boeing and Wells Fargo.
www.politico.com
November 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM
In important Indiana news….
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Must-read series of essays detailing how most of American society adjusted to the fascism boiling around us.
THREAD: As we head into the midterms, I've tried to take stock of Trump's reign, the damage to our country, and how we’ve already gotten used to a level of fascism, authoritarianism, and corruption that would be unthinkable and shocking to us just a decade ago.
Here's the whole series of essays:
Here's the whole series of essays:
November 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Must-read series of essays detailing how most of American society adjusted to the fascism boiling around us.
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Love this @ellabaron.bsky.social cartoon
November 1, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Love this @ellabaron.bsky.social cartoon
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Targeted on the highway, brutalized on the street: The reality of being Black or Brown in Texas.
November 2, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Targeted on the highway, brutalized on the street: The reality of being Black or Brown in Texas.
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Russia officially withdrew from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture
From now on, independent international monitoring of places of detention will cease in the Russian Federation, the Council of Europe press service reported.
From now on, independent international monitoring of places of detention will cease in the Russian Federation, the Council of Europe press service reported.
November 2, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Russia officially withdrew from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture
From now on, independent international monitoring of places of detention will cease in the Russian Federation, the Council of Europe press service reported.
From now on, independent international monitoring of places of detention will cease in the Russian Federation, the Council of Europe press service reported.
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You can’t make an informed choice if you don’t know who’s trying to influence you.
The singular @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu on what we lose when exposing disinformation is recast as “censorship.”
The last episode of this series for DISARMED.
www.thewayfinder.net/p/disinforma...
The singular @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu on what we lose when exposing disinformation is recast as “censorship.”
The last episode of this series for DISARMED.
www.thewayfinder.net/p/disinforma...
November 2, 2026 at 12:07 PM
You can’t make an informed choice if you don’t know who’s trying to influence you.
The singular @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu on what we lose when exposing disinformation is recast as “censorship.”
The last episode of this series for DISARMED.
www.thewayfinder.net/p/disinforma...
The singular @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu on what we lose when exposing disinformation is recast as “censorship.”
The last episode of this series for DISARMED.
www.thewayfinder.net/p/disinforma...
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You can HELP. #goodtrouble
🛑 STOP THE FLIGHT ✋
The United States is preparing to put more than 150 detained Afghans on a charter flight out of Louisiana, bound for Pakistan, with onward transport to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
🫵 YOU can help us stop it ✊
The United States is preparing to put more than 150 detained Afghans on a charter flight out of Louisiana, bound for Pakistan, with onward transport to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
🫵 YOU can help us stop it ✊
Stop The Flight — #AfghanEvac
afghanevac.org
November 2, 2026 at 2:10 AM
You can HELP. #goodtrouble
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I informed Harrison Butker before that kick that my wife works outside the home. I am not sure if that impacted his focus.
November 2, 2026 at 12:22 AM
I informed Harrison Butker before that kick that my wife works outside the home. I am not sure if that impacted his focus.
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"'In der ersten Amtszeit ging es um Hunderttausende Dollar, vielleicht Millionen. Heute reden wir über Milliarden. Die Summe ist atemberaubend. Trump hat in der ersten Amtszeit gesehen, womit er durchkommt. Er denkt, diesmal kommt er mit noch mehr durch,'" sagt Zach Everson.
Trump Inc.: Das Milliardengeschäft der Präsidentenfamilie
Donald Trump verdient mit Krypto, Rüstung, Rohstoffen und Immobilien Milliarden – vor allem dank seiner Söhne. Wie die Trump Inc. funktioniert.
www-thepioneer-de.translate.goog
November 1, 2026 at 2:31 PM
"'In der ersten Amtszeit ging es um Hunderttausende Dollar, vielleicht Millionen. Heute reden wir über Milliarden. Die Summe ist atemberaubend. Trump hat in der ersten Amtszeit gesehen, womit er durchkommt. Er denkt, diesmal kommt er mit noch mehr durch,'" sagt Zach Everson.
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DEVINE: What's your final message to voters to get them out?
TRUMP: Poverty numbers are the single best. Meaning, they're the best.
TRUMP: Poverty numbers are the single best. Meaning, they're the best.
November 1, 2026 at 3:09 PM
DEVINE: What's your final message to voters to get them out?
TRUMP: Poverty numbers are the single best. Meaning, they're the best.
TRUMP: Poverty numbers are the single best. Meaning, they're the best.
Stunningly good.
My man looks like a ventriloquist dummy used by a youth pastor
November 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Stunningly good.
Baller move.
November 1, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Baller move.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announces he has arrested convicted felons who have voted illegally in Texas. But not himself, notwithstanding two felony indictments and clear evidence that he registered at a home at which he did not in fact reside.
October 31, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announces he has arrested convicted felons who have voted illegally in Texas. But not himself, notwithstanding two felony indictments and clear evidence that he registered at a home at which he did not in fact reside.
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Pathetic purists who vote indie, R or don't vote in protest? Get over your privilege. Your purity overturned Roe. Women die from miscarriages. Babies are in cages. Now you're cool to protest away people's Social Security, marriage equality & everything else. I'm a single issue voter: Democracy.
October 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Pathetic purists who vote indie, R or don't vote in protest? Get over your privilege. Your purity overturned Roe. Women die from miscarriages. Babies are in cages. Now you're cool to protest away people's Social Security, marriage equality & everything else. I'm a single issue voter: Democracy.
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I really hope I live long enough to see the shame of people who supported this madness, stupidity and cruelty.
November 1, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I really hope I live long enough to see the shame of people who supported this madness, stupidity and cruelty.
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I don’t love every Democrat on the ballot but I voted a straight D ticket with zero reservation and a song in my heart & the only thing about it that might make me lose sleep is my hope that every one else does too because I’m a single issue voter and my single issue is I want to live in a democracy
October 31, 2026 at 3:22 AM
I don’t love every Democrat on the ballot but I voted a straight D ticket with zero reservation and a song in my heart & the only thing about it that might make me lose sleep is my hope that every one else does too because I’m a single issue voter and my single issue is I want to live in a democracy
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Brava
McMorrow: "First of all, I have no idea what the hell Haley Stevens is doing. This is a moment where we have to recognize the stakes."
October 30, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Brava
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This is fascinating.
At Forbes, I was assigned to report about new ways to get money to Trump in his second term.
Buying Truth Social ads was one of them.
No one appeared to be doing it though: no campaign money spent on them, no big displays from a Middle East tourism board. Just chum & scams.
At Forbes, I was assigned to report about new ways to get money to Trump in his second term.
Buying Truth Social ads was one of them.
No one appeared to be doing it though: no campaign money spent on them, no big displays from a Middle East tourism board. Just chum & scams.
October 30, 2026 at 9:41 PM
This is fascinating.
At Forbes, I was assigned to report about new ways to get money to Trump in his second term.
Buying Truth Social ads was one of them.
No one appeared to be doing it though: no campaign money spent on them, no big displays from a Middle East tourism board. Just chum & scams.
At Forbes, I was assigned to report about new ways to get money to Trump in his second term.
Buying Truth Social ads was one of them.
No one appeared to be doing it though: no campaign money spent on them, no big displays from a Middle East tourism board. Just chum & scams.
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It will be a cold day in the hell I don't believe in before this Jew votes for a fucking Republican.
Articles exactly like this were published in 2024 and 2020 and 2018 and 2016 and 2014 and 2012 and 2010 and 2008. Republicans constantly claim that there is about to be a giant shift in how American Jews vote due to Israel & the media loves indulging their theories, even though it never happens.
Jewish Democrats head to the polls frustrated with their party. Will they still help flip control of Congress?
Jewish voters remain overwhelmingly Democratic, but Republicans see an opening in key races where frustration over Israel and antisemitism could help determine control of Congress
forward.com
October 30, 2026 at 11:31 PM
It will be a cold day in the hell I don't believe in before this Jew votes for a fucking Republican.
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By the way, this whole "Black voters are struggling with Abdul El-Sayed" is purely a creation of elite discourse. The latest poll has Abdul up 88-7 among Black voters. Kamala Harris got 86% of the Black vote in Michigan in 2024.
October 30, 2026 at 3:55 PM
By the way, this whole "Black voters are struggling with Abdul El-Sayed" is purely a creation of elite discourse. The latest poll has Abdul up 88-7 among Black voters. Kamala Harris got 86% of the Black vote in Michigan in 2024.
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white house no longer just ignoring russian hybrid activity against nato… now asking european allies to play nice w/ putin too.
what a shift in foreign policy priorities.
what a shift in foreign policy priorities.
October 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
white house no longer just ignoring russian hybrid activity against nato… now asking european allies to play nice w/ putin too.
what a shift in foreign policy priorities.
what a shift in foreign policy priorities.