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Brendan Nyhan is an American political scientist and professor at Dartmouth College. He is also a liberal to moderate political… more

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🚨 out at @apsrjournal.bsky.social 🚨

➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms

hopeful findings👇🏽
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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, David R. Miller, David Darmofal

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Your tax dollars and mine are being used to thank President Trump. That’s right, the biggest political ad spender of 2025 is DHS using your money.
www.axios.com/2025/10/15/t...
U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign
The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.
www.axios.com
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by Sanford F. Schram, David R. Miller

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What would you say if you saw it in another country? What would you say if you had been told in 2015 that this is where we would be?
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 21h
To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.
abcnews.go.com
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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Daniel W. Drezner, David R. Miller , and 6 more

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It’s incredible that the VT State Senator wrapped up in this hasn’t resigned yet — every major GOP leader in the state has called for his resignation. Fixing democracy requires restoring shame to public life. And accountability. Lots of accountability. vtdigger.org/2025/10/14/v...
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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Will Jennings, Melanie C. Green , and 3 more

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Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose:

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Daniel W. Drezner, Stacy D. VanDeveer

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OBAMA: “What if I sent the National Guard into Texas and said I don’t care what Governor Abbott says… and just kind of took over?”

Imagine that.

Fox News would’ve held a 96-hour emergency broadcast with 18 split screens and a countdown to “Tyranny Day.”

But when it’s Trump doing it? Crickets.
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by Brendan Nyhan

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"When the dust settles, we’ll probably see a whole lot of books written about the fancy math games that convinced investors that two companies passing $100 billion back and forth were creating $200 billion in value instead of having a net financial impact of 0" davekarpf.substack.com/p/its-giving...
It's Giving Enron
On the AI bubble, and the various echoes of the dotcom crash
davekarpf.substack.com
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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Anna O. Law, Staffan I. Lindberg , and 12 more

johnpfaff.bsky.social
To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.
abcnews.go.com
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by David R. Miller

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Impeachable acts every day
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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: The Trump administration has blocked or slowed almost $28 billion in federal aid since the shutdown began, largely harming Democratic-led cities, congressional districts and states, underscoring how the president has weaponized a fiscal stalemate

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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by David Rothschild — Reposted by Brendan Nyhan

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If Trump can order the murder of people on boats without any accountability, he can order the murder of people on land without any accountability.
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d
That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
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by Nolan McCarty — Reposted by Brendan Nyhan

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People preferred to get political information from an AI over both in-group and out-group sources!

This reveals that even when we like our own side, we may recognize their potential for bias in political contexts and turn to AI as a neutral alternative.
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/can-ai-hel...
Can AI Help Us Escape Our Echo Chambers?
Issue 183: Our latest research provides evidence that people see AI as a neutral source of political information and trust it over in-group or out-group members
www.powerofusnewsletter.com
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by Jason Lyall — Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Jason Lyall

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Murder, in other words
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 1d
These strikes are illegal for about 7 reasons:
1. Not self-defense
2. No (or any) Congressional authorization
3. No evidence of criminal wrongdoing
4. Occurred in int'l waters
5. No open state of hostilities
6. Criminal groups are not terrorists legally
7. No id on people killed or group targeted
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
www.nytimes.com
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by Brendan Nyhan

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Can anyone tell me how to make Overcast sync podcasts to an Apple Watch besides the ridiculous hack of playing a game for a long time to keep the screen on? @marcoarment.bsky.social is a genius and I love the product, but this is killing me. Have read all the Reddit threads.
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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Colin F. Camerer, Jane E. Fountain , and 3 more

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here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.
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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Will Jennings, Mark D. White , and 1 more

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Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry
www.nytimes.com
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NEW: The Trump administration has blocked or slowed almost $28 billion in federal aid since the shutdown began, largely harming Democratic-led cities, congressional districts and states, underscoring how the president has weaponized a fiscal stalemate

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Will Jennings, David Rothschild , and 3 more

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That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
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Trump is no longer even pretending to have any kind of argument that his murdering of people in the Caribbean Sea has any kind of statutory validity. Just straight up declaring that he has quasi-unlimited power to execute people based on (nominal) suspicion.
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by Jane E. Fountain

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David Brooks is not wrong www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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“When Luke Mosiman, chair of AZ Young Republicans, asked if New Yorkers in the chat were watching an NBA playoff game, Giunta responded, ‘I’d go to the zoo if I wanted to watch monkey play ball.’ Giunta elsewhere refers to Black people as ‘the watermelon people.’”

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘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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so what's in the news today
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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Lisa W. Fazio, Linda R. Tropp , and 15 more

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POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Will Jennings, Daniel Stone , and 6 more

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my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by David R. Miller

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"There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 1d
"The DOJ will continue engaging tech companies to *eliminate platforms* . . ."

This is your daily reminder Bondi specifically, and MAGA generally, spent the last 4 years accusing the Biden admin of jawboning tech companies to take down content in violation of the 1A.
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by David R. Miller

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What would you say if you saw it in another country?
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: I took a long look at the Proud Boys and found some of their most extreme chapters are sharing ICE recruiting materials on encrypted apps and even suggesting members have joined up. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-the-...
The first Antifa Counter Terrorism Task Force Trump already gave so many of us jobs with ICE. We may have to start recruiting soon to fill all these spots.
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by David R. Miller

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Literally the opposite of originalism. Make Article I great again! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Congress is losing its grip on the power to spend Americans’ money
Congress is supposed to control spending, but increasingly, the White House is dictating how America’s money is used.
www.washingtonpost.com
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