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I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters.
The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.
The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.
Breaking News: Paramount officially closed its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, creating a vast media empire.
Paramount Closes Its Deal for Warner Bros. Discovery
After a legal battle, Paramount has finally acquired Warner Bros. Discovery. The new company, Skydance, combines Hollywood studios, streaming services and cable networks.
nyti.ms
October 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters.
The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.
The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.
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NEW FROM PP
The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it
500+ Americans detained
70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied
60+ held after filming
36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer
~12 deported (yes, deported)
projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it
500+ Americans detained
70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied
60+ held after filming
36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer
~12 deported (yes, deported)
projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
projects.propublica.org
October 6, 2026 at 10:19 AM
NEW FROM PP
The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it
500+ Americans detained
70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied
60+ held after filming
36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer
~12 deported (yes, deported)
projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it
500+ Americans detained
70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied
60+ held after filming
36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer
~12 deported (yes, deported)
projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
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Yeah, this is a big time impeachment abuse of power.
Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.)
![Dear [name],
For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!
With this Historic Action, my Administration is taking the surplus funds that accumulated from the Obamacare ''Premium Tax" and issuing a one-time $500 REFUND to Americans who use the HealthCare.gov platform to purchase their health insurance, but who do not receive Taxpayer Subsidies to help pay for their Coverage. You have paid into this flawed System, and now you are finally getting something back.
Healthcare Dollars should benefit Patients, not Insurance Companies or Government Bureaucrats. Since returning to office, I have fought to lower Healthcare Costs, increase Accountability, and Put Patients First. Through TrumpRx, we are delivering massive discounts on Household Prescription Drugs, and my Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Agreements have already saved Americans more than 1 Billion Dollars on much-needed Medications. We also secured an unprecedented 50 Billion Dollar investment to transform Rural Healthcare, expanded access to Health Saving Accounts for millions of people on Obamacare, and restored Pnce Transparency, all while roofing out the Waste, Fraud, and abuse across our Healthcare System.
I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the American People FIRST, restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Healthcare.
May God bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America!
Sincerely,
[signed]
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nnffk6m46cmabw3e6cxo2fhj/bafkreidnkmkq4exjng37i7mvp4oqyjftbfleykhwke4k22lsnpntgmxpla)
October 5, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Yeah, this is a big time impeachment abuse of power.
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i just want to note that as soon as i posted this i did think "oh yeah, this is just fukuyama's last man"
feels like at least part of what is happening is that a lot of people want politics to solve the "my life feels empty" problem and the populist right is directly appealing to them
October 5, 2026 at 2:35 AM
i just want to note that as soon as i posted this i did think "oh yeah, this is just fukuyama's last man"
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All you have to do is talk about these things and the public becomes politically inspired and active. It’s called leadership. That’s what you do instead of rushing to follow the polls and endorsing horrible shit while salivating over votes
Americans are increasingly aware of the surveillance systems used by almost 80 percent of police departments to trace vehicles and drivers without a warrant—and they are pissed.
Welcome to the Flock elections
Candidates across the spectrum are suddenly campaigning against the spread of license plate cameras.
www.motherjones.com
October 4, 2026 at 12:12 PM
All you have to do is talk about these things and the public becomes politically inspired and active. It’s called leadership. That’s what you do instead of rushing to follow the polls and endorsing horrible shit while salivating over votes
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It’s interesting how the standard bearer for the party whose message used to be “Democrats suck because they just buy votes by giving people free stuff” has decided the closing message for the midterms will just be “how many more checks do we have to send you in order to earn your vote?”
New: Trump’s abrupt announcement to send $90 payments to seniors by dipping into a Medicare fund has rattled Capitol Hill.
One GOP aide told WaPo that lawmakers had planned to use the money to offset funding for community health centers, diabetes programs and other initiatives.
One GOP aide told WaPo that lawmakers had planned to use the money to offset funding for community health centers, diabetes programs and other initiatives.
Trump announces plan to send $90 payments to millions of seniors
The White House said the one-time payments would be drawn from a fund set up to improve Medicare.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 4, 2026 at 9:55 AM
It’s interesting how the standard bearer for the party whose message used to be “Democrats suck because they just buy votes by giving people free stuff” has decided the closing message for the midterms will just be “how many more checks do we have to send you in order to earn your vote?”
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I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t.
Trump: "I take an aspirin a day. I don't know if it works but psychologically I need it. It thins the hell out of your blood I guess ... They want me to go down to the 80. I take the 386. I don't know what the hell it is. It's a monster. They said, 'Sir, you don't need that!'"
October 4, 2026 at 1:07 AM
I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t.
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PLAY PJ FLECK HIS JUG MUSIC
The Simpsons: Homer's Kitchen Jig
Alt: The Simpsons: Homer's Kitchen Jig
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October 3, 2026 at 7:24 PM
PLAY PJ FLECK HIS JUG MUSIC
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Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
October 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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So wait why can’t a President forgive student loan debt?
ONE MILLLLLIONNN dollars. I laughed!
$500 is a decent bid at someone’s vote (not $5000, but still good) but to make a difference in any specific race you’d have to target exactly the right people, which I think would be 1) very difficult and 2) more obviously illegal.
$500 is a decent bid at someone’s vote (not $5000, but still good) but to make a difference in any specific race you’d have to target exactly the right people, which I think would be 1) very difficult and 2) more obviously illegal.
October 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
So wait why can’t a President forgive student loan debt?
SCIENCE
I have absolutely wondered about this. Amazing.
If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent
October 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM
SCIENCE
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This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
October 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
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The literal argument here is that you're not assimilated if white people are racist against you because of who you are or how you look. bsky.app/profile/jame...
not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.
Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The literal argument here is that you're not assimilated if white people are racist against you because of who you are or how you look. bsky.app/profile/jame...
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Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week:
-A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses
-A ban on ICE agents working for the state government
-A ban on websites selling your data
-A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights
-A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
-A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses
-A ban on ICE agents working for the state government
-A ban on websites selling your data
-A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights
-A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
October 2, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week:
-A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses
-A ban on ICE agents working for the state government
-A ban on websites selling your data
-A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights
-A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
-A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses
-A ban on ICE agents working for the state government
-A ban on websites selling your data
-A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights
-A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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Yehonatan Ovadia – a Hasidic Jew and Israeli citizen who has lived in the U.S. on a visa since 2022 – is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (a notorious federal prison) and facing deportation … for his criticism of Israel on religious grounds.
A Hasidic Jew Protested Against an Israeli Flag. He May Be Deported.
Yehonatan Ovadia, who opposed the mounting of the flag in a small New York town, belongs to a Hasidic branch that is anti-Zionist. He is now in ICE custody.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Yehonatan Ovadia – a Hasidic Jew and Israeli citizen who has lived in the U.S. on a visa since 2022 – is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (a notorious federal prison) and facing deportation … for his criticism of Israel on religious grounds.
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If you need to send a fundraising email with the header “We know you’re not an ATM” maybe it’s a sign you ought to reign in the grifter consulting firms that are alienating supporters with a constant stream of panhandling spam to raise money that mostly gets poured back into their own coffers?
October 1, 2026 at 11:44 PM
If you need to send a fundraising email with the header “We know you’re not an ATM” maybe it’s a sign you ought to reign in the grifter consulting firms that are alienating supporters with a constant stream of panhandling spam to raise money that mostly gets poured back into their own coffers?
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It's weird how the federal government is constantly being hacked after DOGE gutted the government's cybersecurity agencies.
The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
techcrunch.com
September 30, 2026 at 8:25 PM
It's weird how the federal government is constantly being hacked after DOGE gutted the government's cybersecurity agencies.
Reconstruction never really ended, we just forgot about it for a while.
To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states
NEW / HUGE: Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama sued nearly three dozen abortion pill providers + a pharmacy and
The states asked the Supreme Court to be able to sue New York, Massachusetts, and California to challenge their telehealth shield laws @autonomynews.co
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The states asked the Supreme Court to be able to sue New York, Massachusetts, and California to challenge their telehealth shield laws @autonomynews.co
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 1, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Reconstruction never really ended, we just forgot about it for a while.
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I wholeheartedly support this
I think he should show up and campaign personally with every republican senate candidate, make it really clear that there’s no daylight between them
he can start with susan collins
I think he should show up and campaign personally with every republican senate candidate, make it really clear that there’s no daylight between them
he can start with susan collins
Trump says he is embarking on 32 days of campaign travel before November elections www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump says he is embarking on 32 days of campaign travel before November elections
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he plans 32 days of campaign travel ahead of the November midterm elections, putting himself and his record at the center of Republicans' fight to hold...
www.reuters.com
September 30, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I wholeheartedly support this
I think he should show up and campaign personally with every republican senate candidate, make it really clear that there’s no daylight between them
he can start with susan collins
I think he should show up and campaign personally with every republican senate candidate, make it really clear that there’s no daylight between them
he can start with susan collins
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Same story with a friend of mine, who is now actually quite famous. She dropped out after my university refused to discipline the two men who raped her, and made her sit in the same class with her in her specialized major.
Her planned entire career path ended immediately.
Her planned entire career path ended immediately.
A friend of mine was raped by football players at one of our college’s frat house in 1998. She went through the internal system, which exonerated the men and accused and blamed her. We wanted her to bring charges and a court case… but she was so broken by then. She dropped out.
Burn it all down.
Burn it all down.
September 30, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Same story with a friend of mine, who is now actually quite famous. She dropped out after my university refused to discipline the two men who raped her, and made her sit in the same class with her in her specialized major.
Her planned entire career path ended immediately.
Her planned entire career path ended immediately.
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third way figured out dems should stop attacking trans people? third way?!
Democrats seem headed for big wins, but one avenue for self-sabotage would be adopting R's framing on trans rights.
@billiejsweeney.bsky.social spoke with insiders incl Lanae Erikson of Third Way and Rep. Sarah McBride for this substanial piece of new reporting.
assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
@billiejsweeney.bsky.social spoke with insiders incl Lanae Erikson of Third Way and Rep. Sarah McBride for this substanial piece of new reporting.
assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Democrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned Media
Insiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights.
assignedmedia.org
September 29, 2026 at 5:33 PM
third way figured out dems should stop attacking trans people? third way?!