Bruce Stokes
@brucestokes.bsky.social
Visiting Senior Fellow German Marshall Fund, former journalist and pollster
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ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/8EEVfEr
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/8EEVfEr
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“.. Any speculator who bought Trump’s memecoin at its peak after it was announced inauguration weekend .. would have lost almost the entire value of their investment by this month.”
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November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“.. Any speculator who bought Trump’s memecoin at its peak after it was announced inauguration weekend .. would have lost almost the entire value of their investment by this month.”
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Devastatingly accurate summary of a world-changing devil’s bargain, aka DOGE.
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
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It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Devastatingly accurate summary of a world-changing devil’s bargain, aka DOGE.
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
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In her testimony, Glaser explains why Taiwan is vital to US interests, details China’s expanding coercive campaign against Taiwan, and offers extensive recommendations to strengthen deterrence, US-Taiwan cooperation, and international support.
Read it in full: www.gmfus.org/news/bonnie-...
Read it in full: www.gmfus.org/news/bonnie-...
Bonnie Glaser in Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing: Reviewing Implementation of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act and Future Opportunities for US-Taiwan Cooperation
Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you very much for the opportunity to testify at today’s hearing. The Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act (TERA) was…
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November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
In her testimony, Glaser explains why Taiwan is vital to US interests, details China’s expanding coercive campaign against Taiwan, and offers extensive recommendations to strengthen deterrence, US-Taiwan cooperation, and international support.
Read it in full: www.gmfus.org/news/bonnie-...
Read it in full: www.gmfus.org/news/bonnie-...
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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
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At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
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"Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.” —Frederick Douglass, speaking to Senate Democrats
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
"Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.” —Frederick Douglass, speaking to Senate Democrats
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Someone should go there and show them the clips of Trump's Great Gatsby party. I bet they'd be so happy to know he's having fun.
This is the food distribution line at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas 11/7/25. This is what Trump doesn't want you to see.
November 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Someone should go there and show them the clips of Trump's Great Gatsby party. I bet they'd be so happy to know he's having fun.
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Most Democrats, and Half of Independents, Say Congressional Democrats Should Refuse to Approve a Budget Without ACA Tax Credit Extension.
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More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251106
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More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251106
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Most Democrats, and Half of Independents, Say Congressional Democrats Should Refuse to Approve a Budget Without ACA Tax Credit Extension.
(@kff.org)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251106
(@kff.org)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251106
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November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Prices since Trump took office:
-Groceries: ⬆️ 2.7%
-Utilities: ⬆️ 11%
-ACA premiums: ⬆️ 26%
-Overall consumer prices: ⬆️ 3%
Trump: “I don't want to hear about the affordability.”
-Groceries: ⬆️ 2.7%
-Utilities: ⬆️ 11%
-ACA premiums: ⬆️ 26%
-Overall consumer prices: ⬆️ 3%
Trump: “I don't want to hear about the affordability.”
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Prices since Trump took office:
-Groceries: ⬆️ 2.7%
-Utilities: ⬆️ 11%
-ACA premiums: ⬆️ 26%
-Overall consumer prices: ⬆️ 3%
Trump: “I don't want to hear about the affordability.”
-Groceries: ⬆️ 2.7%
-Utilities: ⬆️ 11%
-ACA premiums: ⬆️ 26%
-Overall consumer prices: ⬆️ 3%
Trump: “I don't want to hear about the affordability.”
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Trump gets confronted by the FACT that the Walmart dinner he keeps citing to prove prices are down is only because his comparison contained FEWER items, of less quantity, & more inexpensive brands. He calls the reporter “fake news” and refuses to call on her again. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Reporter: On the Walmart thanksgiving meal, it is cheaper but it also contains less
Trump: I haven’t heard that. Who are you with?
Reporter: NBC
Trump: Fake news
Trump: I haven’t heard that. Who are you with?
Reporter: NBC
Trump: Fake news
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Trump gets confronted by the FACT that the Walmart dinner he keeps citing to prove prices are down is only because his comparison contained FEWER items, of less quantity, & more inexpensive brands. He calls the reporter “fake news” and refuses to call on her again. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
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October 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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E. Tammy Kim spoke with more than 20 current and recently fired judges and officials from the EOIR, which oversees the 70 or so immigration courts in the U.S. They describe a system that is being remade, ricocheting out of their control.
Inside Donald Trump’s Attack on Immigration Courts
Judges describe a campaign of firings and interference which threatens the system’s independence.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
E. Tammy Kim spoke with more than 20 current and recently fired judges and officials from the EOIR, which oversees the 70 or so immigration courts in the U.S. They describe a system that is being remade, ricocheting out of their control.
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How Americans see trump and his trade and foreign policies events.trustifi.com/api/o/v1/cli...
US Public Opinion on Foreign Policy, Trade, and President Donald Trump’s Performance
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October 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
How Americans see trump and his trade and foreign policies events.trustifi.com/api/o/v1/cli...
How Americans see trump and his trade and foreign policies events.trustifi.com/api/o/v1/cli...
US Public Opinion on Foreign Policy, Trade, and President Donald Trump’s Performance
events.trustifi.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
How Americans see trump and his trade and foreign policies events.trustifi.com/api/o/v1/cli...
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Trump says he absolutely hates the photo of him on the cover of Time, so please share this cropped section of it with everyone you know
October 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Trump says he absolutely hates the photo of him on the cover of Time, so please share this cropped section of it with everyone you know
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NEW: A copy of the arrangement with Eswatini that Mother Jones reviewed shows that the US has agreed to pay the only absolute monarchy in Africa $5.1 million to take in up to 160 ICE detainees.
ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy
Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.
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October 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
NEW: A copy of the arrangement with Eswatini that Mother Jones reviewed shows that the US has agreed to pay the only absolute monarchy in Africa $5.1 million to take in up to 160 ICE detainees.
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If you’ve only ever visited the city after the wall came down, this map of East Berlin in 1985 will look very weird to you.
October 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If you’ve only ever visited the city after the wall came down, this map of East Berlin in 1985 will look very weird to you.
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Democrats and Republicans would blame a government shutdown on the opposing party; independents lean toward Republicans.
(Domenico Montanaro, @npr.org)
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(Domenico Montanaro, @npr.org)
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September 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Democrats and Republicans would blame a government shutdown on the opposing party; independents lean toward Republicans.
(Domenico Montanaro, @npr.org)
www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...
(Domenico Montanaro, @npr.org)
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The burial of the Homan case — 50 k in cash in a cava bag??!!—would be strange and troubling even in a department of justice that enjoyed a presumption of regularity. In this department, which has lost that presumption, it stinks to high heaven and requires investigation.
September 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The burial of the Homan case — 50 k in cash in a cava bag??!!—would be strange and troubling even in a department of justice that enjoyed a presumption of regularity. In this department, which has lost that presumption, it stinks to high heaven and requires investigation.
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