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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2d

Among the reasons Americans risked it all to get rid of a tyrannical king:
“He has obstructed the Admin of Justice…made Judges dependent on his Will…sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people…kept among us Standing Armies w/o legislatures’ Consent” www.americaamerica.news/p/what-we-sh...

What We Should Demand, What We Should Oppose

Reflecting on a president's obligations and what history tells us about rejecting tyranny and injustice

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stuartpstevens.bsky.social @stuartpstevens.bsky.social · 2d

Kirby Smart Is a Liar. Does It Matter?
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Kirby Smart Is a Liar. Does It Matter?

Yes, it's only college football. But it underscores a deeper societal rot.

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stuartpstevens.bsky.social @stuartpstevens.bsky.social · 4d

The Son of Sam is sparking debate that dogs order humans to murder romantic couples but scientist say the evidence is lacking.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sparking debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

Here’s what the science actually says:

RFK Jr. linked circumcision and Tylenol to autism. Here’s what scientists say.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparks debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 4d

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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stuartpstevens.bsky.social @stuartpstevens.bsky.social · 5d

Something happened in the Republican Party. Over decades we developed a system that rewarded compliance and punished independence. It was like a genetic experiment in how to cultivate a party of subservient elected officials.

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

What Trump Understood about the Republican Party

How did a party that once prided itself on principle become in thrall to the most unprincipled president in history?

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stuartpstevens.bsky.social @stuartpstevens.bsky.social · 19d

Give this man a drug test. On a ‘roid rage bender, dude?

To go after a woman like this, odd are he’s done it before.

This is thuggery, not professional law enforcement.

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 20d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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stuartpstevens.bsky.social @stuartpstevens.bsky.social · 26d

"The United States is coming to an end. The question is how. Every government, every business, every person alive will be affected by the answer."

That's the opening to Stephen Marche's "The Next Civil War."

Click below for our conversation.

Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 27d

Join us today at 2 PM ET as @stuartpstevens hosts Stephen Marche, columnist for Esquire magazine. They will be discussing Stephen’s book, The New Civil War.

Click the link below to watch live! See you in the chat!

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stuartpstevens.bsky.social @stuartpstevens.bsky.social · 26d

“I lived in a fallout shelter with Matthew Dowd for a year-and-a-half.”

My thoughts on an old friend.

Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 26d

He spoke truth to power. In Trump's America, that's a fireable offense.

Read the latest from @stuartpstevens.bsky.social for @lincolnsquare.media

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The Matthew Dowd I Know

He spoke truth to power. In Trump's America, that's a fireable offense.

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Kate McClanaghan @katemcclanaghan.bsky.social · 26d

I Saw How Russia Killed Media Freedom
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I Saw How Russia Killed Media Freedom

Censorship is central to the story of Russia’s descent into KGB dictatorship.

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 27d

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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 27d

Join us today at 2 PM ET as @stuartpstevens hosts Stephen Marche, columnist for Esquire magazine. They will be discussing Stephen’s book, The New Civil War.

Click the link below to watch live! See you in the chat!

open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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Claudia-in-tucson❌👑 @claudia-in-tucson.bsky.social · Sep 15

Stuart Stevens on Family, Ole Miss Football, and Finding Hope in a Divided America
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Stuart Stevens on Family, Ole Miss Football, and Finding Hope in a Divided America

"I hope that our better angels will emerge."

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stuartpstevens.bsky.social @stuartpstevens.bsky.social · 29d

So Charlie Kirk’s murder is going to be the Republican Reichstag fire and Charlie Kirk will be their Horst Wessel.

White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups

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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · Sep 14

Stuart Stevens; "Whatever is in Brett Kavanaugh’s heart doesn’t really matter. It’s the evil that he has sanctioned that does. He should be ashamed. But I suspect shame is a foreign country that Brett Kavanaugh will never visit."

The Shame of Brett Kavanaugh

The justice green-lighted racial profiling by ICE, even though he would never be on the Supreme Court without Hispanics.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Sep 13

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · Sep 10

NEW: @therickwilson.bsky.social gives some advice that Democrats won't take on the looming shutdown fight.

Read his latest for Lincoln Square:

www.lincolnsquare.media/p/dont-you-d...

Don’t You Dare: Why Democrats Must Shut It Down

Some advice Democrats won't take on the looming shutdown fight.

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stuartpstevens.bsky.social @stuartpstevens.bsky.social · Sep 13

The same editors would have printed quotes from unnamed local law enforcement that Emmett Till raped a white woman.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Sep 13

Shameful.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Wall Street Journal quietly walks back false claim Charlie Kirk shooter had pro-trans messages on his bullets

The paper had falsely claimed that the alleged shooter engraved messages consistent with “transgender ideology” on bullets recovered by law enforcement officials.

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stuartpstevens.bsky.social @stuartpstevens.bsky.social · Sep 13

Yes, Trump trials should have moved forward faster, like Brazil.

Next time they will.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Sep 12

Trump weighed in on how criminal cases should proceed. He said prosecutions should move more quickly and that the United States should become more like China. “We have to have quick trials,” he said on “Fox & Friends.” open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Trump on Trials: How Our Legal System Shouldn't Work

Today, after Donald Trump announced it on Fox and Friends, law enforcement told the public it had apprehended a suspect who turned in after confessing to the murder of Charlie Kirk to his father, a fo...

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · Sep 12

So what do we think, are they smart enough that this is intentionally a complimentary reference to BIRTH OF A NATION (1915) with wink-wink deniability they didn't mean it, or are they such goofballs they don't even know what they're saying?

The Free Press
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Charlie Kirk was murdered while practicing the very act that gave birth to this nation—and the only thing that will ensure its survival.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · Sep 12

New version:

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · Sep 12

Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.

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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · Sep 11

Brett Kavanaugh would not be on SCOTUS if Bush had lost.

Hispanic voters put Bush in office.

Hispanics put Kavanaugh on the Court.

Now He Okays ICE Targeting Them.

Read the latest from @stuartpstevens.bsky.social Stevens for the New Republic:

newrepublic.com/article/2002...

Hispanics Put Kavanaugh on the Court. Now He Okays ICE Targeting Them.

An open letter to a man I sometimes crossed paths with back in my Republican days.

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stuartpstevens.bsky.social @stuartpstevens.bsky.social · Sep 7

Clearly there needs to be a class action suit against a state policy that will cripple and kill citizens.

Hopefully a criminal case can also be prosecuted to hold those responsible accountable.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 7

TAPPER: Hepatitis A, whooping cough, & chickenpox cases are rising in Florida. Before you made this decision to lift vaccine mandates, did your dept do any analysis of how many new cases there will be?

LADAPO: Absolutely not

T: You didn't even do a projection?

L: It's an issue of right & wrong

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Sep 6

Someone needs to tell CBS that at some point you bend the knee so far that you are just kneeling.

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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · Sep 6

"Chris Wright, the energy secretary, also said, “We don’t want to be in the race for the most expensive electricity in the world."

And that's why we are shutting down construction on an 80% complete generation facility with zero marginal cost in a region that relies on expensive LNG

John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · Sep 6

The anti-science wingnuttery of RFK Jr is horrifying and destructive, but Energy Secretary Chris Wright is a real contender for doing as much damage in the long run. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/c...

Energy Secretary Attacks Offshore Wind and Dismisses Climate Change

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