Truth & Justice League
@trujusticeleague.bsky.social
Informed citizens for truth and justice in politics and media, with a dash of ‘culture’. A daily media diary of progressive perspectives… mainly re-posting attributable and well-researched journalism to counteract media misinformation. USA / UK / Australia
Donald Trump Is Buying Votes at $500 a Pop www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
Donald Trump Is Buying Votes at $500 a Pop
He’s calling it an Obamacare “refund,” but it’s nothing of the sort.
www.thebulwark.com
October 8, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Donald Trump Is Buying Votes at $500 a Pop www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
The Supreme Court’s Gift to Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Try, Try Again Supreme Court Strategy (Gift Article)
Supreme Court decisions that were small comfort in 2026 will turn out to be no comfort at all in 2028.
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
The Supreme Court’s Gift to Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
Trump’s Retreat: From the Gulf to Britain, American Forces Pull Back www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
From Iran to the U.K., Trump Is Being Forced Into Retreat (Gift Article)
A war that was intended to demonstrate the reach of American power has now done the opposite. It is a lesson in unintended consequences.
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Trump’s Retreat: From the Gulf to Britain, American Forces Pull Back www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
Understanding France’s Polycrisis www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/w...
Understanding France’s Polycrisis (Gift Article)
An autumn of discontent has gripped the country ahead of its presidential election.
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Understanding France’s Polycrisis www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/w...
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PPI: “U.S. government decisions in 2025 and 2026 simultaneously raised farm costs and diminished farmers’ income.” Here are the three main ways:
Trump’s tariff taxes.
Trump’s war tax on fuel & fertilizer.
Lost foreign customers.
Are we great yet? www.progressivepolicy.org/us-farm-inco...
Trump’s tariff taxes.
Trump’s war tax on fuel & fertilizer.
Lost foreign customers.
Are we great yet? www.progressivepolicy.org/us-farm-inco...
October 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
PPI: “U.S. government decisions in 2025 and 2026 simultaneously raised farm costs and diminished farmers’ income.” Here are the three main ways:
Trump’s tariff taxes.
Trump’s war tax on fuel & fertilizer.
Lost foreign customers.
Are we great yet? www.progressivepolicy.org/us-farm-inco...
Trump’s tariff taxes.
Trump’s war tax on fuel & fertilizer.
Lost foreign customers.
Are we great yet? www.progressivepolicy.org/us-farm-inco...
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"They love me at The Villages."
"I want JD Vance's eyeliner rec."
"Ashley Moody stole $10M from sick kids."
"Impeach Hegseth, Trump, the whole damn cabinet.
"Let's get to work for the 🇺🇸 people."
🔥 @angieforfl.bsky.social to @timmiller.bsky.social on @thebulwark.com : www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydoa...
"I want JD Vance's eyeliner rec."
"Ashley Moody stole $10M from sick kids."
"Impeach Hegseth, Trump, the whole damn cabinet.
"Let's get to work for the 🇺🇸 people."
🔥 @angieforfl.bsky.social to @timmiller.bsky.social on @thebulwark.com : www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydoa...
October 7, 2026 at 9:28 PM
"They love me at The Villages."
"I want JD Vance's eyeliner rec."
"Ashley Moody stole $10M from sick kids."
"Impeach Hegseth, Trump, the whole damn cabinet.
"Let's get to work for the 🇺🇸 people."
🔥 @angieforfl.bsky.social to @timmiller.bsky.social on @thebulwark.com : www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydoa...
"I want JD Vance's eyeliner rec."
"Ashley Moody stole $10M from sick kids."
"Impeach Hegseth, Trump, the whole damn cabinet.
"Let's get to work for the 🇺🇸 people."
🔥 @angieforfl.bsky.social to @timmiller.bsky.social on @thebulwark.com : www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydoa...
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Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want."
October 7, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want."
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Kim Guillyfoyle asking a donor for $100K to cover her credit card debt before starting in her new role as Ambassador to Greece.
"Deters didn’t ultimately make the payment, telling Guilfoyle it would cost him his marriage."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
"Deters didn’t ultimately make the payment, telling Guilfoyle it would cost him his marriage."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
October 7, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Kim Guillyfoyle asking a donor for $100K to cover her credit card debt before starting in her new role as Ambassador to Greece.
"Deters didn’t ultimately make the payment, telling Guilfoyle it would cost him his marriage."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
"Deters didn’t ultimately make the payment, telling Guilfoyle it would cost him his marriage."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
October 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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"Now we're finding out about an Emirati warning. There was an Egyptian warning. There was a battle plan."
A former Israeli intelligence official tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social the questions about October 7th are fair.
Watch the full discussion: zeteo.com/p/october-7-...
A former Israeli intelligence official tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social the questions about October 7th are fair.
Watch the full discussion: zeteo.com/p/october-7-...
October 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
"Now we're finding out about an Emirati warning. There was an Egyptian warning. There was a battle plan."
A former Israeli intelligence official tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social the questions about October 7th are fair.
Watch the full discussion: zeteo.com/p/october-7-...
A former Israeli intelligence official tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social the questions about October 7th are fair.
Watch the full discussion: zeteo.com/p/october-7-...
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Three years on, and it's still true. A heartbreaking day, but as we now know, a day that could have easily been prevented; a day Netanyahu knew was coming.
www.npr.org/2026/10/07/g...
www.npr.org/2026/10/07/g...
October 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Three years on, and it's still true. A heartbreaking day, but as we now know, a day that could have easily been prevented; a day Netanyahu knew was coming.
www.npr.org/2026/10/07/g...
www.npr.org/2026/10/07/g...
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Mike Rogers led the charge to flood opioids into our communities. Here's what happened.
October 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Mike Rogers led the charge to flood opioids into our communities. Here's what happened.
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Finally, someone in Alberta with the courage to say what we all wanted to say a long time ago.
October 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Finally, someone in Alberta with the courage to say what we all wanted to say a long time ago.
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This year’s #BannedBooksWeek coincides with ALA’s official 150th anniversary. To mark the occasion, ALA has released a list of the 150 most challenged books documented from 1990, when ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom began tracking book challenges, through 2025.
ala150.org/150books
ala150.org/150books
October 6, 2026 at 6:14 PM
This year’s #BannedBooksWeek coincides with ALA’s official 150th anniversary. To mark the occasion, ALA has released a list of the 150 most challenged books documented from 1990, when ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom began tracking book challenges, through 2025.
ala150.org/150books
ala150.org/150books
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The richest man owns X.
The second richest man owns The Washington Post.
The third and fifth richest men control Google.
The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
The second richest man owns The Washington Post.
The third and fifth richest men control Google.
The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
www.bbc.com
October 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The richest man owns X.
The second richest man owns The Washington Post.
The third and fifth richest men control Google.
The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
The second richest man owns The Washington Post.
The third and fifth richest men control Google.
The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
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Trump: "It will cost us $2 billion a day to reopen the Strait of Hormuz."
China's Foreign Ministry: "The Strait was open before the war. The root of the problem lies in your illegal operations against Iran, you have created a global crisis out of nothing."
China's Foreign Ministry: "The Strait was open before the war. The root of the problem lies in your illegal operations against Iran, you have created a global crisis out of nothing."
October 6, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Trump: "It will cost us $2 billion a day to reopen the Strait of Hormuz."
China's Foreign Ministry: "The Strait was open before the war. The root of the problem lies in your illegal operations against Iran, you have created a global crisis out of nothing."
China's Foreign Ministry: "The Strait was open before the war. The root of the problem lies in your illegal operations against Iran, you have created a global crisis out of nothing."
The wrong medicine.
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Opinion | Australia’s interest rate rise is the wrong medicine and an even worse alibi — Guardian Australia
Inflation is again being used as an excuse for acts of vandalism on some of Australia’s important institutions
apple.news
October 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM
The wrong medicine.
apple.news/A7utt-uM1SQm...
apple.news/A7utt-uM1SQm...
The Gender Gap Has Taken a Strange Turn www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
Opinion | The Gender Gap Has Taken a Strange Turn (Gift Article)
Republican and Democratic voters are seeing masculinity and femininity very differently.
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2026 at 10:36 PM
The Gender Gap Has Taken a Strange Turn www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
The Science That Has Oil Companies Running Scared www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
Opinion | The Science That Has Oil Companies Running Scared (Gift Article)
However the U.S. Supreme Court rules, the work of holding oil companies accountable for climate change has a bright future.
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2026 at 10:33 PM
The Science That Has Oil Companies Running Scared www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
Mamdani’s Surprisingly Persuasive Solution to a World on Fire www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/o...
Opinion | Mamdani’s Surprisingly Persuasive Solution to a World on Fire (Gift Article)
The New York City mayor has an antidote to globe-spanning distemper.
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Mamdani’s Surprisingly Persuasive Solution to a World on Fire www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/o...
Aus veterans scam
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They built a business empire that cashes in on veterans. It's made millions — ABC News
From the outside, the only clues something was up in the industrial estate office building in Brisbane's south were the expensive cars with personalised plates clogging the driveway.
apple.news
October 5, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Aus veterans scam
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The move no one could see coming: Fox has hired Karoline Levitt. 🙄
Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/b...
Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/b...
October 5, 2026 at 1:23 PM
The move no one could see coming: Fox has hired Karoline Levitt. 🙄
Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/b...
Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/b...
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De Niro: When that coward, that fucking piece of shit, Donald Trump, tries to take our voice and power away, what do we tell him? Keep your fucking hands off our vote.
October 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
De Niro: When that coward, that fucking piece of shit, Donald Trump, tries to take our voice and power away, what do we tell him? Keep your fucking hands off our vote.