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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 8h

Second article of impeachment of Richard Nixon:

“He has endeavoured…to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups

The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.

www.wsj.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 2d

America needs a mass social movement—now—to save itself from autocracy, David Brooks argues.

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 8d

We probably need to go back to ~350 ppm CO₂ equivalent for temperatures to stop rising.

We are now above 573 ppm (GHG forcing of +4.1 W/m²).

That's without aerosols cooling things down.

There's too much uncertainty to be sure, but going back to 350 ppm is already a Herculean task.

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Patrick Graichen @pgraichen.bsky.social · 10d

Sehr lesenswert zum Thema "Provokationen": Wenn es aussieht, wie Kriegsvorbereitungen, sind es womöglich Kriegsvorbereitungen open.substack.com/pub/beimwort...

Wenn es aussieht, wie Kriegsvorbereitungen, sind es womöglich Kriegsvorbereitungen

Und keine Provokationen.

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Adrian Pohr @adriander.bsky.social · 16d

Krieg nach innen.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 20d

Real post on another network:

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 20d

Hegseth is putting all of the American generals and admirals from around the world into a single room. Why might Hegseth do such an extraordinary thing? Here I discuss four possible reasons.
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...

Hegseth puts us all at risk

Why put all the American commanders in one room?

snyder.substack.com

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Adrian Pohr @adriander.bsky.social · 25d

„Even for a president who has shattered the traditional norms of maintaining distance from the Justice Department, Mr. Trump’s unabashedly public and explicit orders to Ms. Bondi were an extraordinary breach of prosecutorial protocols that reach back to the days following the Watergate scandal.“

Trump Demands That Bondi Move ‘Now’ to Prosecute Foes

www.nytimes.com

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 27d

The past week has shown us something scary — the concrete and specific outlines of a durable authoritarian state in America.

Here's what this state would look like, and the precise policy levers Trump is pulling to get there from here.

www.vox.com/politics/462...

This is how Trump ends democracy

The past week has revealed Trump’s policy road map to veto one-party rule. Will Americans let him follow it?

www.vox.com

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Adrian Pohr @adriander.bsky.social · 27d

This is how it's done 🧡💔

Rieke Havertz @havpost.bsky.social · 27d

Jon Stewart on a Thursday, worth watching. On free speech (Trump-approved)

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Jon Stewart's Post-Kimmel Primer on Free Speech in the Glorious Trump Era | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Robert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · 28d

The Northern Pacific Ocean is currently smashing temperature records.

And it is reaching these levels far earlier than the current generation of climate models had expected.

A short thread 🧵

Time series of monthly Northern Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature anomalies from 1850 to August 2025 alongside multi-model expectations of the warming in this area (scenario SSP2-4.5).

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Adrian Pohr @adriander.bsky.social · 28d

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Larry Ellison, a major stakeholder in CBS and Paramount, now has CNN, HBO and a major share of TikTok in his sights, William Cohan writes. If all goes as expected, Ellison is poised “to become one of the most powerful media and entertainment moguls America has ever seen.”

Opinion | Larry Ellison Is Closing In on CNN, HBO and TikTok

Larry Ellison is now suddenly poised to become the most powerful media mogul America has ever seen.

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Adrian Pohr @adriander.bsky.social · 28d

Neben dem Absägen lassen von Kimmel und Colbert durch Drohungen der (einst neutralen) FCC und Klagen gegen NYT und Murdoch: Die MAGAisierung der US-Medien ist in vollen Gange. (Putins frühe Jahre lassen grüßen.)

Dan Pfeiffer @danpfeiffer.bsky.social · 28d

Pro-Trump billionaires now own X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, CBS, Fox, and the WSJ.

And it's about to get worse. Trump wants China to sell TikTok to a couple of pro-Trump billionaires who could do to it what Elon did to Twitter
messagebox.substack.com/p/does-maga-...

Pro-Trump Billionaires Control American Media

Trump wants China to sell TikTok's U.S. operations to a group of pro-Trump billionaires

messagebox.substack.com

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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 29d

www.zeit.de/2025/40/char...

Kirk-Attentat: Wer war Charlie Kirk?

Das Attentat auf den nationalistischen Aktivisten verändert die USA: Trumps Vertraute nutzen den Mord, um gegen ein vermeintliches linkes Terrornetzwerk zu mobilisieren.

www.zeit.de

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Adrian Pohr @adriander.bsky.social · Sep 16

The free speech absolutist government.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Sep 16

Attorney General Pam Bondi: "There's free speech and then there's hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society...We will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech."

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Adrian Pohr @adriander.bsky.social · Sep 15

Statistical invention maybe.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Sep 15

Vance: "While our side of the aisle certainly has its crazies, it is a statistical fact that most of the lunatics in American politics today are proud members of the far-Left."

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · Sep 12

Wrote about the week. How the shooter's ID didn't appear to matter to ppl. How the discourse takes place in very same spaces that incubate/perpetuate hate & violence. How shooters now know that their acts will be flattened, analyzed, argued over & amplified. How all of this feels so dark & poisonous

Something Is Very Wrong Online

Our political conversations take place in very same spaces that incubate and perpetuate unthinkable violence.

www.theatlantic.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 12

Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?

TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · Sep 12

The Right Wants a Reichstag Fire

The military patrolling in the streets, an assassination, and a movement longing for escalation. America is teetering on the brink.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

The Right Wants a Reichstag Fire

The military patrolling in the streets, an assassination, and a movement longing for escalation. America is teetering on the brink

thomaszimmer.substack.com

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · Sep 11

These are calls for mass political violence, against all Democrats. They openly call for the bombing of "Democrat" cities and for the jailing or killing of Democratic politicians. They are from some of the most influential voices in right-wing politics. Will anyone say anything?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 11

Trump: "For years those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism we're seeing in our country & it must stop right now. My admin will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity"

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · Sep 10

Poland is also not the only country where this happens with some regularity. Lithuania also has seen some drone incursions. (The number of drones this time seems higher though.)

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Ukraine war briefing: Call for Nato action after Russian drone intrudes on Lithuania

Russia talking down Medvedev’s influence after nuclear threats; oligarch’s superyacht goes on sale with proceeds to Ukraine. What we know on day 1,260

www.theguardian.com

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · Sep 6

This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.

May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.

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Bastian Brauns @bastianbrauns.bsky.social · Sep 6

Jedes Mal, wenn ich mich selbst hinterfrage, ob ich mit warnendem Ton, vielleicht zu drastisch bin, werde ich 12 Stunden später nicht bestätigt, sondern ich denke: Ich habe viel zu wenig gewarnt.

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