Russell Payne
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Russell Payne
@rpaynereport.bsky.social
Reporter @ Salon.com
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Special "Standing Room Only!" We're experimenting with reaction content. Let me know what you think!

My colleague @rpaynereport.bsky.social and I watch clips of Fox News trying to hype Charlie Kirk as a martyr.

We explain, based on reporting, why it's not true.

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Sorry, Fox News: People don’t care about Charlie Kirk
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November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The fight for the Epstein files isn’t over - Salon.com share.google/onTn2CgTaD7h...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Georgia needs a leader who will be honest about who is the cause of the challenges we face and who can mobilize a movement to deliver results.

Thanks to @rpaynereport.bsky.social at Salon for highlighting why this race matters and why change is overdue.
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Sloppy editorials like this are just a small reason why billionaire controlled media is a major problem. They must not think very highly of their readers
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Opinion | Zohran Mamdani drops the mask
The mayor-elect divides New Yorkers into two groups: the oppressed and their oppressors.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It’s safe to say that Cuomo did not wrap up this bizarre and embarrassing coda to his political career with grace.

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Mamdani wins: How a democratic socialist toppled the Empire State machine - Salon.com
The biggest turnout in a mayoral election in 30 years was a victory for Democrats
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November 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Read the inside story of how the movement to stop Zohran Mamdani fell apart:
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Panic in the Hamptons: The fight to stop Zohran Mamdani
Behind closed doors, wealthy donors plotted to stop a movement reshaping New York politics — and exposed their deepest fears.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Fox hangs an article attacking the Bills off of quote from random tweets
October 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Anti-trans activists are hoping that the Supreme Court will make a u-turn on their Skrmetti decision and disallow Colorado from banning conversion therapy in medical settings. If successful, medical regulation as we know it will be over in the United States
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Anti-trans activists pray SCOTUS upholds "conversion therapy" - Salon.com
Opponents of transgender rights hope they will benefit when the Supreme Court rules on conversion-therapy bans
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October 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Nearly a year after the case was dismissed, Aileen Cannon is still helping Trump keep Jack Smith's full report from the public
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Watchdog pushes for release of Jack Smith's Trump report - Salon.com
The public has still not seen special counsel Jack Smith's full report on Trump's handling of classified documents
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September 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Meet Fox News' latest "expert" on the left.
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Fox News "expert" says Hitler went to heaven - Salon.com
Karlyn Borysenko, a self-described fascist, is gaining influence — and getting liberals fired
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September 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Annie Andrews, who is challenging Lindsey Graham, explains the importance of Democrats putting up a fight in red states: www.salon.com/2025/09/17/l...
Lindsey Graham's challenger says Democrats can't give up on red states - Salon.com
Annie Andrews, a pediatrician challenging Sen. Lindsey Graham, told Salon "it's always worth" challenging the GOP
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September 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Senior officials at Trump's SBA and USTR are working behind the scenes to help MAGA-friendly businesses owned by Trump donors:
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Emails suggest that a Trump-friendly business is getting special treatment from the government
Emails show a Trump official intervening to help a Florida business owner who has been pictured with the president.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
New Strength In Numbers poll shows Dems up 8 points in generic ballot. They had been trailing behind previous blue wave midterms in the past. If this holds, it could mean we're in for something more like 2018 than 2022 in terms of midterms.

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Democrats lead the U.S. House generic ballot by 8; voters back fair maps and oppose Trump's tariffs
Results from the August Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll
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August 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Newsom is clearly trying to assert himself as a party leader. Meanwhile, Democrats, while saying they're turning a new leaf, aren't willing to commit to proactive redistricting

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Newsom promises “new Democratic Party” amid GOP redistricting push - Salon.com
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said his party needs to take a new tack to fight Republican schemes.a
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August 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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California Democrats believe they can flip the state’s 22nd District and retake the House in 2026.

There’s just one problem: No one agrees on how.
California's top Democrats aren't convinced a progressive can win - Salon.com
Democrats think they can flip California's 22nd District and take back the House, but they can't agree on how
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August 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"No access to showers," at the Florida ICE camp
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Ex-"Alligator Alcatraz" worker details "inhumane" treatment - Salon.com
A former corrections officer said they were horrified by conditions at the Florida immigrant detention center
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August 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Texas Democrats who fled the state to block Republican redistricting efforts told @rpaynereport.bsky.social that it's time for national leaders to step up.
Texas Dems to DC: "Do something — or get out of the way" - Salon.com
Democrats who fled Texas to block a Republican gerrymander told Salon that national leaders need to step up next
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August 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Former Gov. David Paterson tells me he thinks other Democrats might throw their support behind someone other than Mamdani this fall
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Mamdani's Democratic critics want to ruin his shot at winning - Salon.com
Former New York Gov. David Paterson, a Democrat, insists he's not alone in hoping that his party loses in November
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July 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
You'd think other GOP Senators might've tried to protect their constitutents from Trump's budget too

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"Special treatment": How Republicans bought Lisa Murkowski’s vote - Salon.com
The GOP budget passed by the Senate on Tuesday is filled with special carve-outs for Alaska
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July 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM