Nita Peterson
@nitapete.bsky.social
Empty nest mom. Wife. Ex-vangelical Jesus follower. Dog lover. Former Republican. "With fear for our democracy, I dissent." Owner, corumproducts.com.
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Can you imagine the goverment response if this many pharmaceutical companies experimenting with potentially deadly viruses let them leak out of their “secure” biolabs? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/t...
Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies in a Testing Breakout, Google Says
A third-party test company inadvertently gave internet access to Google’s Gemini and other artificial intelligence models during cybersecurity testing.
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Can you imagine the goverment response if this many pharmaceutical companies experimenting with potentially deadly viruses let them leak out of their “secure” biolabs? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/t...
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The bond market has figured out that there's no plan to stop borrowing. This year's deficit is the largest postwar deficit outside a recession or war. Trump can say whatever he wants, but the markets are only looking at the bank statements. https://youtu.be/P-zk1Jk6ntQ
September 18, 2026 at 12:36 PM
The bond market has figured out that there's no plan to stop borrowing. This year's deficit is the largest postwar deficit outside a recession or war. Trump can say whatever he wants, but the markets are only looking at the bank statements. https://youtu.be/P-zk1Jk6ntQ
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I made this Political AI Field
Guide for me- now that everyone is googling AI existential risk, I think it’s important for anyone trying to understand the power dynamics and beliefs driving AI and how it’s showing up in politics
So this is for all of you
kategage.substack.com/p/political-...
Guide for me- now that everyone is googling AI existential risk, I think it’s important for anyone trying to understand the power dynamics and beliefs driving AI and how it’s showing up in politics
So this is for all of you
kategage.substack.com/p/political-...
Political AI Field Guide: Factions and Beliefs
A mapping of six of the major factions shaping AI and the political landscape: their beliefs, money, policy positions, schisms, and alignments.
kategage.substack.com
September 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
I made this Political AI Field
Guide for me- now that everyone is googling AI existential risk, I think it’s important for anyone trying to understand the power dynamics and beliefs driving AI and how it’s showing up in politics
So this is for all of you
kategage.substack.com/p/political-...
Guide for me- now that everyone is googling AI existential risk, I think it’s important for anyone trying to understand the power dynamics and beliefs driving AI and how it’s showing up in politics
So this is for all of you
kategage.substack.com/p/political-...
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The rest of the world is joining forces against the Trump administration. trib.al/sx9v2G4
Canada Invited to Join European Union in Pivot Away from America
The rest of the world is joining forces against the Trump administration.
trib.al
September 17, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The rest of the world is joining forces against the Trump administration. trib.al/sx9v2G4
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Trump's attacks on US higher ed, and Chinese scholars in particular, has been a gift to China's efforts to surge past the US on science and innovation.
One report from Renmin University summed it up: "Thank Trump." 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...
One report from Renmin University summed it up: "Thank Trump." 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...
China: “Thank Trump”
The big winner of Trump’s assault on higher ed is America’s chief geopolitical rival
donmoynihan.substack.com
September 16, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Trump's attacks on US higher ed, and Chinese scholars in particular, has been a gift to China's efforts to surge past the US on science and innovation.
One report from Renmin University summed it up: "Thank Trump." 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...
One report from Renmin University summed it up: "Thank Trump." 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...
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The real problem isn’t just Trump or his sycophantic enablers in Congress or right-wing media, or the grifters & scammers on social media. It’s his supporters. They’ve lost the ability to care about truth or recognize it. The ability to discern right from wrong. Competence from buffoonery.
September 11, 2026 at 10:33 AM
The real problem isn’t just Trump or his sycophantic enablers in Congress or right-wing media, or the grifters & scammers on social media. It’s his supporters. They’ve lost the ability to care about truth or recognize it. The ability to discern right from wrong. Competence from buffoonery.
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"This is not the first time you've been demoted to YouTube... Why are they so scared of you?"
Here is @jimmykimmel.com's online-only sit-down with @jamestalarico.bsky.social youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
Here is @jimmykimmel.com's online-only sit-down with @jamestalarico.bsky.social youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtu.be
September 11, 2026 at 3:10 AM
"This is not the first time you've been demoted to YouTube... Why are they so scared of you?"
Here is @jimmykimmel.com's online-only sit-down with @jamestalarico.bsky.social youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
Here is @jimmykimmel.com's online-only sit-down with @jamestalarico.bsky.social youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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thinking about this quite a bit right now
September 11, 2026 at 3:03 AM
thinking about this quite a bit right now
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The Republican Party is deeply immoral. It has gone to the dark side. Our country will not be safe until the GOP goes the way of the Whigs.
RNC Chair Joe Gruters defends a Paxton ad that uses AI to smear a deepfake version of James Talarico: "Listen, this is the way of the future. It's gonna happen."
September 9, 2026 at 5:25 PM
The Republican Party is deeply immoral. It has gone to the dark side. Our country will not be safe until the GOP goes the way of the Whigs.
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As the GOP midterm convention kicks off today, don't forget that nearly all Republicans stood by and supported Trump's:
-Big Ugly Bill
-Iran War
-ICE abductions & National Guard deployments
-Inflationary tariffs
-Blatant corruption
His unpopularity is theirs too.
-Big Ugly Bill
-Iran War
-ICE abductions & National Guard deployments
-Inflationary tariffs
-Blatant corruption
His unpopularity is theirs too.
September 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
As the GOP midterm convention kicks off today, don't forget that nearly all Republicans stood by and supported Trump's:
-Big Ugly Bill
-Iran War
-ICE abductions & National Guard deployments
-Inflationary tariffs
-Blatant corruption
His unpopularity is theirs too.
-Big Ugly Bill
-Iran War
-ICE abductions & National Guard deployments
-Inflationary tariffs
-Blatant corruption
His unpopularity is theirs too.
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1. For about a fortnight, I have been offering readers a variation on a theme of insanity.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-make/
www.editorialboard.com/trump-make/
So the most powerful person in the world is insane. Now what?
The lesson? Never put a mad man in the White House.
www.editorialboard.com
September 9, 2026 at 1:13 PM
1. For about a fortnight, I have been offering readers a variation on a theme of insanity.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-make/
www.editorialboard.com/trump-make/
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OH MY G-D @nytimes.com IT ISN’T A CLAIM
IT’S A LIE
HE DISRESPECTS EVERYONE WHO PERISHED ON 9/11
FROM THE VICTIMS IN THE TWIN TOWERS
TO THE SELFLESS FIREMEN WHO SAVED THOUSANDS, RUSHING INTO THE BUILDINGS-ONLY TO PERISH THEMSELVES
AND THE HEROES OF FLIGHT 93
A DESPICABLE, CONTEMPTIBLE LIE
IT’S A LIE
HE DISRESPECTS EVERYONE WHO PERISHED ON 9/11
FROM THE VICTIMS IN THE TWIN TOWERS
TO THE SELFLESS FIREMEN WHO SAVED THOUSANDS, RUSHING INTO THE BUILDINGS-ONLY TO PERISH THEMSELVES
AND THE HEROES OF FLIGHT 93
A DESPICABLE, CONTEMPTIBLE LIE
September 9, 2026 at 11:29 AM
OH MY G-D @nytimes.com IT ISN’T A CLAIM
IT’S A LIE
HE DISRESPECTS EVERYONE WHO PERISHED ON 9/11
FROM THE VICTIMS IN THE TWIN TOWERS
TO THE SELFLESS FIREMEN WHO SAVED THOUSANDS, RUSHING INTO THE BUILDINGS-ONLY TO PERISH THEMSELVES
AND THE HEROES OF FLIGHT 93
A DESPICABLE, CONTEMPTIBLE LIE
IT’S A LIE
HE DISRESPECTS EVERYONE WHO PERISHED ON 9/11
FROM THE VICTIMS IN THE TWIN TOWERS
TO THE SELFLESS FIREMEN WHO SAVED THOUSANDS, RUSHING INTO THE BUILDINGS-ONLY TO PERISH THEMSELVES
AND THE HEROES OF FLIGHT 93
A DESPICABLE, CONTEMPTIBLE LIE
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The IRS literally built a machine to hand ICE 47,000 of our home addresses. A federal judge just exposed the horrifying truth about how the system actually worked, and shut it down. Read this and share it everywhere:
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/michael-fa...
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/michael-fa...
September 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The IRS literally built a machine to hand ICE 47,000 of our home addresses. A federal judge just exposed the horrifying truth about how the system actually worked, and shut it down. Read this and share it everywhere:
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/michael-fa...
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/michael-fa...
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Hillbilly hypocrite JD Vance's new scheme is a disgrace. Trump appears to be melting. Here we go again (again) Germany. Phone a friend is back with @nathanjrobinson.bsky.social. @davidgriscom.bsky.social for KLTW. And proof the Wage-Price Spiral is horseshit. This week's On the Record.
JD Vance Latest Stunt is DISGUSTING | Nathan Robinson Interview
YouTube video by UNFTR Media
youtu.be
September 8, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Hillbilly hypocrite JD Vance's new scheme is a disgrace. Trump appears to be melting. Here we go again (again) Germany. Phone a friend is back with @nathanjrobinson.bsky.social. @davidgriscom.bsky.social for KLTW. And proof the Wage-Price Spiral is horseshit. This week's On the Record.
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The US imports 4 million barrels of oil from Canada every day. Car manufacturers in Detroit need Canadian parts. And 58,000 people in Maine get electricity from Canada
Republicans better hope our northern neighbors don't cut it all off because of more mindless policies or statements from Trump
Republicans better hope our northern neighbors don't cut it all off because of more mindless policies or statements from Trump
the president is now blacklisting companies by fiat. tell me more about how left-wing communism is the biggest threat to the country.
September 7, 2026 at 10:10 PM
The US imports 4 million barrels of oil from Canada every day. Car manufacturers in Detroit need Canadian parts. And 58,000 people in Maine get electricity from Canada
Republicans better hope our northern neighbors don't cut it all off because of more mindless policies or statements from Trump
Republicans better hope our northern neighbors don't cut it all off because of more mindless policies or statements from Trump
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It is journalistic malpractice that major news outlets are not producing 5-alarm-fire reports to warn the public that the president of the United States is out of his mind.
September 6, 2026 at 9:48 PM
It is journalistic malpractice that major news outlets are not producing 5-alarm-fire reports to warn the public that the president of the United States is out of his mind.
youtube.com/shorts/4Zun-...
The Republicans know how to get stuff done. 😩
The Republicans know how to get stuff done. 😩
McGOVERN NAILS IT Nothing has ever been more true
YouTube video by Tony Dortie
youtube.com
September 7, 2026 at 11:15 AM
youtube.com/shorts/4Zun-...
The Republicans know how to get stuff done. 😩
The Republicans know how to get stuff done. 😩
youtube.com/shorts/fh4pM... The Utah experiment sheds a light on how misguided Republican policies have been and still are.
Punishing Poverty
YouTube video by Erika Jordan
youtube.com
September 6, 2026 at 11:25 PM
youtube.com/shorts/fh4pM... The Utah experiment sheds a light on how misguided Republican policies have been and still are.
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The costs go way beyond gas. Delivery fees are up and diapers, baby wipes, and stuffed animals are likely next.
The Iran war’s other bill—and you’re paying It
The costs go way beyond gas. Delivery fees are up and diapers, baby wipes, and stuffed animals are likely next.
www.motherjones.com
September 6, 2026 at 1:00 AM
The costs go way beyond gas. Delivery fees are up and diapers, baby wipes, and stuffed animals are likely next.
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When the Dems take over the Senata in 2027. Fight Fire with Fire….
By the way, Where’s Mitch? 🤔
By the way, Where’s Mitch? 🤔
September 4, 2026 at 10:07 AM
When the Dems take over the Senata in 2027. Fight Fire with Fire….
By the way, Where’s Mitch? 🤔
By the way, Where’s Mitch? 🤔
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Is Trump a Manchurian president?
Maybe that’s the wrong question.
The first meme makes the maximal claim: Putin installed Trump to destroy America from within. It’s powerful—but it goes beyond what the evidence proves.
Maybe that’s the wrong question.
The first meme makes the maximal claim: Putin installed Trump to destroy America from within. It’s powerful—but it goes beyond what the evidence proves.
September 4, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Is Trump a Manchurian president?
Maybe that’s the wrong question.
The first meme makes the maximal claim: Putin installed Trump to destroy America from within. It’s powerful—but it goes beyond what the evidence proves.
Maybe that’s the wrong question.
The first meme makes the maximal claim: Putin installed Trump to destroy America from within. It’s powerful—but it goes beyond what the evidence proves.
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Fetterman text to aide: “Why do I have to keep having to meet with [Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia]?”
Aide: “Because they are worried about vaccines and Medicaid cuts.”
Fetterman: “Well I’m not.”
@wsj.com #PAsen
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Aide: “Because they are worried about vaccines and Medicaid cuts.”
Fetterman: “Well I’m not.”
@wsj.com #PAsen
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
September 4, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Fetterman text to aide: “Why do I have to keep having to meet with [Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia]?”
Aide: “Because they are worried about vaccines and Medicaid cuts.”
Fetterman: “Well I’m not.”
@wsj.com #PAsen
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Aide: “Because they are worried about vaccines and Medicaid cuts.”
Fetterman: “Well I’m not.”
@wsj.com #PAsen
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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MAGA has been obsessed with proving an alleged plot by Biden officials, social-media companies, and researchers to suppress conservative speech. Jobs were lost, a center was closed, and reputations were tarnished. Now we know it was all a fiction.
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu. buff.ly/BaSs2Cr
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu. buff.ly/BaSs2Cr
September 3, 2026 at 2:45 PM
MAGA has been obsessed with proving an alleged plot by Biden officials, social-media companies, and researchers to suppress conservative speech. Jobs were lost, a center was closed, and reputations were tarnished. Now we know it was all a fiction.
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu. buff.ly/BaSs2Cr
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu. buff.ly/BaSs2Cr