@motherm2.bsky.social
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An aside here but a key feature of talk radio was that it was mostly impenetrable to deep analysis by researchers because of the sheer volume of time required to analyze the thousands of hours of output produced every week.
But now, AI makes it feasible.
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
But now, AI makes it feasible.
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
MAGA Podcasters Are Tuning Out Trump. We Tracked What They Are Talking About Now.
The Wall Street Journal analyzed nearly 70,000 hours of podcasts, using a new AI tool, to find out why conservative creators appear to be losing interest in the president.
www.wsj.com
September 23, 2026 at 5:51 PM
An aside here but a key feature of talk radio was that it was mostly impenetrable to deep analysis by researchers because of the sheer volume of time required to analyze the thousands of hours of output produced every week.
But now, AI makes it feasible.
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
But now, AI makes it feasible.
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
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He’s totally getting fired
* US ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT SAYS DIESEL EXPORT BAN WOULD NOT WORK
* WRIGHT SAYS US DIESEL EXPORT BAN WOULD RAISE GASOLINE AND JET FUEL PRICES
@reuters.com #$XOM #$CVX #$OSX
* WRIGHT SAYS US DIESEL EXPORT BAN WOULD RAISE GASOLINE AND JET FUEL PRICES
@reuters.com #$XOM #$CVX #$OSX
September 23, 2026 at 1:56 PM
He’s totally getting fired
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im only a bit into this longread and it's already a brutal accounting of the Reconstruction rollback being carried out by the neoconfederates on the Court
like, this is a deliberate effort by opponents of multiracial democracy to disempower and degrade--again. different century but same shit
like, this is a deliberate effort by opponents of multiracial democracy to disempower and degrade--again. different century but same shit
![screenshot of a three-paragraph excerpt from the quote-skeeted article, with the final sentences of the third paragraph highlighted in grey, from "and now" onwards. excerpt reads as follows:
When he appeared before the state Senate that day to testify against the new redistricting plans, he was joined by three other veteran Black politicians. Although Fields, a 63-year-old lawyer, has a reputation as an even-keeled consensus builder, he grew emotional as he spoke.
“To me, it is personal,” he told the Senate committee. “Since Reconstruction, Louisiana has elected four African Americans to Congress. And you’re looking at all of them. Four.” Even though nearly a third of Louisiana’s population is Black.
“You said something very profound,” state Sen. Gary Carter Jr., an African American Democrat from New Orleans, told Fields. “From the 1870s all the way through [the] present, just you four gentlemen—that’s it. And now this body wants to reduce that. ‘We want to cut it. That’s too many.’ How do we not be outraged?”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kjklbsuepdppuppsfluytydl/bafkreicc3jzq4std3st5bqszp7m2ng6ajhderlvk52o6zyru4rs2i6xgbe)
September 23, 2026 at 3:38 PM
im only a bit into this longread and it's already a brutal accounting of the Reconstruction rollback being carried out by the neoconfederates on the Court
like, this is a deliberate effort by opponents of multiracial democracy to disempower and degrade--again. different century but same shit
like, this is a deliberate effort by opponents of multiracial democracy to disempower and degrade--again. different century but same shit
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🔥 @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “I’m a capitalist. We don’t live in capitalism. We live in corporate socialism.”
September 23, 2026 at 5:58 PM
🔥 @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “I’m a capitalist. We don’t live in capitalism. We live in corporate socialism.”
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The Trump administration recently announced the launch of a new national drinking-water study that will test for traces of the drugs used in medical abortions, as potential pollutants.
There is no scientific need or explanation for such a study.
This is the government hoping to scare women.
There is no scientific need or explanation for such a study.
This is the government hoping to scare women.
A Bad-News Week for Reproductive Freedom
But there is hope.
www.contrariannews.org
September 23, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The Trump administration recently announced the launch of a new national drinking-water study that will test for traces of the drugs used in medical abortions, as potential pollutants.
There is no scientific need or explanation for such a study.
This is the government hoping to scare women.
There is no scientific need or explanation for such a study.
This is the government hoping to scare women.
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As I told @gregsargent.bsky.social, Congress should demand answers from those responsible for diverting taxpayer funding intended to protect people from persecution to some of the world’s worst authoritarians, for purposes which clearly violate human rights.
Awful: Trump's Office of "Remigration" has just been exposed making sordid payments to authoritarian governments to take third-country deportees, leading to serious abuses.
Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2157...
Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2157...
Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks
Sordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down.
newrepublic.com
September 23, 2026 at 3:41 PM
As I told @gregsargent.bsky.social, Congress should demand answers from those responsible for diverting taxpayer funding intended to protect people from persecution to some of the world’s worst authoritarians, for purposes which clearly violate human rights.
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A new Joint Economic Committee Minority report out today finds that President Trump’s vanity projects like his golden ballroom and gigantic arch could cost $1.82 BILLION.
What could $1.82 billion do for Americans instead? Take a look.
What could $1.82 billion do for Americans instead? Take a look.
September 23, 2026 at 4:21 PM
A new Joint Economic Committee Minority report out today finds that President Trump’s vanity projects like his golden ballroom and gigantic arch could cost $1.82 BILLION.
What could $1.82 billion do for Americans instead? Take a look.
What could $1.82 billion do for Americans instead? Take a look.
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New Jersey has fined a huge data center in New Jersey over $1 million for installing and operating 62 large gas powered generators without state permits.
This comes as other data centers, like Elon Musk's facilities in Memphis, pollute communities with unpermitted turbines and face no consequences.
This comes as other data centers, like Elon Musk's facilities in Memphis, pollute communities with unpermitted turbines and face no consequences.
NJ fines data center $1 million for illegally powering facility with gas generators
Gov. Mikie Sherill said it was the largest fine handed out to a data center in state history.
gothamist.com
September 23, 2026 at 2:23 PM
New Jersey has fined a huge data center in New Jersey over $1 million for installing and operating 62 large gas powered generators without state permits.
This comes as other data centers, like Elon Musk's facilities in Memphis, pollute communities with unpermitted turbines and face no consequences.
This comes as other data centers, like Elon Musk's facilities in Memphis, pollute communities with unpermitted turbines and face no consequences.
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Please remember this when Trump or anyone else from his regime talks about "waste, fraud, and abuse."
September 23, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Please remember this when Trump or anyone else from his regime talks about "waste, fraud, and abuse."
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ICE has a bigger budget than the Marine Corps & still conned Congress out of $20M more for bodycams. Swore every agent would wear one by August.
It’s September and ICE shot an Austinite in the back. They say there was no camera.
They’re liars with masks and a blank check from Trump.
It’s September and ICE shot an Austinite in the back. They say there was no camera.
They’re liars with masks and a blank check from Trump.
The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam
The officer who shot a Venezuelan man was hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency.
www.theatlantic.com
September 22, 2026 at 8:56 PM
ICE has a bigger budget than the Marine Corps & still conned Congress out of $20M more for bodycams. Swore every agent would wear one by August.
It’s September and ICE shot an Austinite in the back. They say there was no camera.
They’re liars with masks and a blank check from Trump.
It’s September and ICE shot an Austinite in the back. They say there was no camera.
They’re liars with masks and a blank check from Trump.
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Trump’s attempts to ban the press doesn’t stand a chance in court - it’s just another distraction from his destructive policy choices.
@jimacosta.bsky.social
@jimacosta.bsky.social
September 23, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Trump’s attempts to ban the press doesn’t stand a chance in court - it’s just another distraction from his destructive policy choices.
@jimacosta.bsky.social
@jimacosta.bsky.social
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“Do you truly hold McConnell’s medical power of attorney? Is the best thing for his legacy to parade him around like a monkey? (Mitch, Are you being held against your will?)”
COS Terry Carmack almost loses it on must-follow #1 American Gerontocracy reporter @DesireeReports 👇🏽🔥
COS Terry Carmack almost loses it on must-follow #1 American Gerontocracy reporter @DesireeReports 👇🏽🔥
September 23, 2026 at 6:21 PM
“Do you truly hold McConnell’s medical power of attorney? Is the best thing for his legacy to parade him around like a monkey? (Mitch, Are you being held against your will?)”
COS Terry Carmack almost loses it on must-follow #1 American Gerontocracy reporter @DesireeReports 👇🏽🔥
COS Terry Carmack almost loses it on must-follow #1 American Gerontocracy reporter @DesireeReports 👇🏽🔥
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I want to speak directly to every representative of these 47 countries: you know what Russia is doing with your people. They're your citizens. Take care of them and do not let them end up on another front.
Do not let Putin drag you into this war.
Do not let Putin drag you into this war.
September 23, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I want to speak directly to every representative of these 47 countries: you know what Russia is doing with your people. They're your citizens. Take care of them and do not let them end up on another front.
Do not let Putin drag you into this war.
Do not let Putin drag you into this war.
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One-minute learning, the modern School House Rock® of American History, by @hcrichardson.bsky.social team #250to250
Robert Smalls
Narrated by Victoria A. Smalls
#WeAreAmerica250
#Gullah
#EmancipatedSelf&Others
#FirstBlackCaptianUSNavy
#Congressman
#EqualRights
youtu.be/duKTxhgUq6s?...
Robert Smalls
Narrated by Victoria A. Smalls
#WeAreAmerica250
#Gullah
#EmancipatedSelf&Others
#FirstBlackCaptianUSNavy
#Congressman
#EqualRights
youtu.be/duKTxhgUq6s?...
Robert Smalls, Narrated by Victoria A. Smalls
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
September 23, 2026 at 6:11 PM
One-minute learning, the modern School House Rock® of American History, by @hcrichardson.bsky.social team #250to250
Robert Smalls
Narrated by Victoria A. Smalls
#WeAreAmerica250
#Gullah
#EmancipatedSelf&Others
#FirstBlackCaptianUSNavy
#Congressman
#EqualRights
youtu.be/duKTxhgUq6s?...
Robert Smalls
Narrated by Victoria A. Smalls
#WeAreAmerica250
#Gullah
#EmancipatedSelf&Others
#FirstBlackCaptianUSNavy
#Congressman
#EqualRights
youtu.be/duKTxhgUq6s?...
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Since Trump took office, the richest 0.1% of Americans have gained more than 8,000 TIMES as much wealth as the bottom 50% of households.
September 23, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Since Trump took office, the richest 0.1% of Americans have gained more than 8,000 TIMES as much wealth as the bottom 50% of households.
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About damn time
Exclusive: Federal prosecutors are investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime lawyer and accountant, who now control what’s left of his fortune.
Federal Prosecutors Open Probe Into Jeffrey Epstein’s Executors
Prosecutors have questioned Epstein victims about his longtime accountant and lawyer. Both of them have denied wrongdoing.
on.wsj.com
September 23, 2026 at 6:40 PM
About damn time
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🇺🇦🇲🇩🇵🇱🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪Zelensky:
Russia has claims against our neighbor Moldova. It constantly threatens Poland and Baltic states.
Russia shows no respect for the statehood of the countries of South Caucasus and Central Asia.
And sadly, people in Syria and across Africa know very well what Russian killers are.
Russia has claims against our neighbor Moldova. It constantly threatens Poland and Baltic states.
Russia shows no respect for the statehood of the countries of South Caucasus and Central Asia.
And sadly, people in Syria and across Africa know very well what Russian killers are.
September 23, 2026 at 6:56 PM
🇺🇦🇲🇩🇵🇱🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪Zelensky:
Russia has claims against our neighbor Moldova. It constantly threatens Poland and Baltic states.
Russia shows no respect for the statehood of the countries of South Caucasus and Central Asia.
And sadly, people in Syria and across Africa know very well what Russian killers are.
Russia has claims against our neighbor Moldova. It constantly threatens Poland and Baltic states.
Russia shows no respect for the statehood of the countries of South Caucasus and Central Asia.
And sadly, people in Syria and across Africa know very well what Russian killers are.
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Si no tenemos trabajo nosotros, ¿cómo vamos a atender a los pacientes? Los despidos en Bakersfield ya están afectando la atención que reciben los pacientes en el condado de Kern. #SíALa40 #ImpuestoALosBillonariosYa #NoALa41 #NoALa42
September 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Si no tenemos trabajo nosotros, ¿cómo vamos a atender a los pacientes? Los despidos en Bakersfield ya están afectando la atención que reciben los pacientes en el condado de Kern. #SíALa40 #ImpuestoALosBillonariosYa #NoALa41 #NoALa42
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After the midterms, Californians, I just want to say the AG is a statewide office subject to recall. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
September 23, 2026 at 12:26 PM
After the midterms, Californians, I just want to say the AG is a statewide office subject to recall. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
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Two of my favorite substackers, Paul Krugman and Heather Cox Richardson will be live today at 11 a.m. CDT. Here is the link if you would like to join.
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: Lunch Money with Paul Krugman and Heather Cox Richardson
Starting Sep 23 at 12:00 PM EDT
open.substack.com
September 23, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Two of my favorite substackers, Paul Krugman and Heather Cox Richardson will be live today at 11 a.m. CDT. Here is the link if you would like to join.
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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The president and Republicans have become useful idiots in coward Putin’s shadow war on the US and Europe.
Vote out Republicans. All of them.
Get Russia TF out of our elections.
Arm Ukraine so they can drive Russia back into their failed nation’s borders.
youtube.com/shorts/LZkVT...
Vote out Republicans. All of them.
Get Russia TF out of our elections.
Arm Ukraine so they can drive Russia back into their failed nation’s borders.
youtube.com/shorts/LZkVT...
A Twilight War to Weaken the U.S.
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtube.com
September 23, 2026 at 12:01 PM
The president and Republicans have become useful idiots in coward Putin’s shadow war on the US and Europe.
Vote out Republicans. All of them.
Get Russia TF out of our elections.
Arm Ukraine so they can drive Russia back into their failed nation’s borders.
youtube.com/shorts/LZkVT...
Vote out Republicans. All of them.
Get Russia TF out of our elections.
Arm Ukraine so they can drive Russia back into their failed nation’s borders.
youtube.com/shorts/LZkVT...
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“A very positive relationship” — with a murderous dictator kidnapping children?
MELANIA: Nothing better than to see a child reunite w/parents
KILMEADE: Yeah, bc Putin captures Ukrainian kids, indoctrinate them, then give them to Russian families. You're trying to undo that
M: We're working together. We have a very positive relationship. They understand what we want to achieve
KILMEADE: Yeah, bc Putin captures Ukrainian kids, indoctrinate them, then give them to Russian families. You're trying to undo that
M: We're working together. We have a very positive relationship. They understand what we want to achieve
September 23, 2026 at 12:32 PM
“A very positive relationship” — with a murderous dictator kidnapping children?
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NEW: Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability.
Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped publishing the narratives.
Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped publishing the narratives.
The Federal Agency That’s Supposed to Protect Consumers Just Made Another Business-Friendly Move
Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped pu...
www.propublica.org
September 23, 2026 at 12:32 PM
NEW: Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability.
Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped publishing the narratives.
Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped publishing the narratives.
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This is what happened to the Republican Party from the 90s on in increasingly blue states like Oregon, Washington, and California. Rather than trying to move TOWARDS voters, they radicalized AWAY from them, becoming ever more electorally unviable in statewide races. It’s a peculiar dynamic.
we always assume politicians want to get re-elected & parties want to win control
but republicans kinda just . . . don't anymore
but republicans kinda just . . . don't anymore
September 23, 2026 at 10:16 AM
This is what happened to the Republican Party from the 90s on in increasingly blue states like Oregon, Washington, and California. Rather than trying to move TOWARDS voters, they radicalized AWAY from them, becoming ever more electorally unviable in statewide races. It’s a peculiar dynamic.