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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 23h

Join us live at 3 PM ET for the premiere of The Two Joes with Joe Trippi and Joe Klein.

It’s time for a reality check. @joetrippi.bsky.social ppi.bsky.social, and journalist Joe Klein team up for a honest assessment of the American political landscape.

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The Ken Harbaugh Show @thekenharbaughshow.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to my conversation with @therickwilson.bsky.social and @joetrippi.bsky.social in 30mins. Join us!

Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 2d

Join @therickwilson.bsky.social and @joetrippi.bsky.social today at 5 PM ET, for Strategy Session with guest @thekenharbaughshow.bsky.social, former U.S. Navy Pilot, who was just in Ukraine!

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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 1d

Join us tomorrow, live at 3 PM ET for the premiere of The Two Joes with Joe Trippi and Joe Klien.

Legendary @joetrippi.bsky.social, and veteran journalist and author Joe Klien team up for an honest assessment of the American political landscape.

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123simco.bsky.social @123simco.bsky.social · 5d

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 5d

USO: secure.uso.org/OM_BRD/?sc=W...

Donate | USO.org

We can never repay the incredible service and sacrifice our troops make on our behalf every day. But we must try. Help the USO be there for our troops whether they're serving far from home or healing ...

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 5d

Air Force Aid Society: afas.org/donate/

| AFAS | An Official Charity of the U.S. Air Force

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 5d

Navy - Marine Corps Relief Society: support.nmcrs.org/a/homepage

Make a Difference. Donate Today.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 5d

Army Emergency Relief: www.armyemergencyrelief.org/giving/

Giving - Army Emergency Relief

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 5d

Argentina gets $20 billion, Qatar gets an airbase in Iowa, while our soldiers are being fed by food banks. Orgs like Army Emergency Relief are stepping in amidst Trump’s shutdown, and you can make a donation at any of the links in this thread:

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8d

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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Trygve Olson @trygveolson.bsky.social · 9d

Our job is to build a coalition of the reasonable — liberals, conservatives, independents — anyone who believes in truth, pluralism, and peaceful power

In the end, it’s not about left vs. right
It’s about democracy vs. extremism
Faith vs. fear
Freedom vs. control

open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...

The Extremes Aren’t Opposites — They’re Twins

The Four Psychological Traits That Fuel Political Extremism — and What They Mean for Our Democracy Now

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9d

I was curious if The Post's shift to accommodating the right was yielding any distinct benefit to the paper. To this point, it hasn't — and it's hard to see why it would.
More data (including on CBS) here:
www.pbump.net/o/you-cant-g...

You can’t get anti-institutionalists to trust an institution

I will stipulate at the outset that I do not know how to reverse the long trend toward distrust in traditional American news sources. There's probably a solution out there, likely something involving ...

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 12d

Heard you were calling generals fat when the booze had you feeling brave

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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 13d

Americans must stand against Trump’s shutdown agenda.

Read the latest from @joetrippi.bsky.social for Lincoln Square

www.lincolnsquare.media/p/no-dollars...

No Dollars for Dictatorship

Americans must stand against Trump’s shutdown agenda.

www.lincolnsquare.media

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 14d

I heard that the ADP jobs numbers were so bad Trump plans on firing their CEO www.cnbc.com/2025/10/01/p...

Private payrolls declined in September by 32,000 in key ADP report coming amid shutdown data blackout

Private payrolls saw their biggest decline in 2½ years during September, ADP said.

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NCSU Dem @ncsudem.bsky.social · 14d

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Enjoy your pod and agree, the Epstein Files and economy are vital, but the W class, the ACA demo, while bleeding from the tariffs, are getting their new premiums in the mail. You’ve underestimated the timeliness of this fight.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 14d

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 14d

New WaPo poll:
Extend ACA subsidies 71%-29%
Blame Rs for shutdown 47%
Blame Ds for shutdown 30%

Dems winning the big arguments so far

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

We asked 1,000 Americans who is to blame for the shutdown. Here’s what they said.

More Americans blame Trump and Republicans than Democrats for shutdown, poll finds.

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Mario Nicolais @marionicolais.bsky.social · 17d

This is what the weaponization of prosecutors' offices looks like under an authoritarian regime. Facts - even the very most important one - do not matter.

All that matters to them is if you oppose the authoritarian reign.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d

Former FBI Deputy Director McCabe says he hasn't been contacted "at all" by the FBI about Comey and adds, "if my interactions with Comey was gonna be the basis of this entire prosecution, it's unbelievable that prosecutors wouldn't at least want to sit down and hear what I have to say about it."

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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 18d

NEW #Thattrippishow: @joetrippi.bsky.social gets into what Kimmel’s suspension — and his triumphant return — really means. What can we learn? And more importantly, what can we DO? Tylenol, Ukraine. Joe and Alex Shashlo get to a bunch of your questions!

www.lincolnsquare.media/p/kimmel-tyl...

Kimmel, Tylenol, & a Ukrainian TACO | That Trippi Show

Trump lost the battle with Jimmy Kimmel but he's declared war on acetaminophen.

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Mario Nicolais @marionicolais.bsky.social · 20d

@theonion.com may be the last bastion of the free press. The trailer is glorious.

👏👏👏

www.wired.com/story/the-on...

The Onion Made an Absolutely Unhinged Jeffrey Epstein Mockumentary

"Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile" is a very silly deep dive on a very serious issue. In the current media landscape, it’s a wonder it even got made.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21d

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 20d

Republicans alone will be responsible for those looming mass layoffs, so we’re paying them back.

We’re pledging to spend 2026 making sure these 26 MAGA GOP representatives lose THEIR jobs next fall. See any names we missed? Let us know here: https://action.lincolnproject.us/26for26

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Joe Trippi @joetrippi.bsky.social · 20d

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What’s Up With Peter Thiel’s Obsession With the Antichrist?

The tech mogul is amping up his apocalyptic rhetoric—and adding a dangerous dose of extremism into the already-fraught culture war.

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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 20d

A late night comedian is calling on Americans to rise up — not in rage, but in reason.

Read the latest from @joetrippi.bsky.social for Lincoln Square

www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trump-trie...

Trump Tried to Silence Kimmel. He Gave him a Megaphone Instead.

A late night comedian is calling on Americans to rise up — not in rage, but in reason.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 20d

I wrote about the importance of optimism in politics, particularly when it comes to younger Americans.

The doomerism spiral

Democracy depends on optimism. This isn't simply a pithy slogan; it's an encapsulation of what it means to agree that power should be allocated by consensus. If you cast a vote for a candidate who los...

www.pbump.net

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