mary angela perna
@maryangelaperna.bsky.social
podcast host,interviewing journalists fr every major outlet|poli-sci|studying the Radical Right, extremism |Substack—subscribe 🙏🫶 https://open.substack.com/pub/maryangelaperna?r=utry&utm_medium=ios | other links: https://bio.site/maryangelaperna
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I’m a podcaster for yrs—interview journalists, writers, academics. Lush Left Media, now Constant Politics-on all platforms
I’m in political science, study the radical right. Monitor Bannon et al
Disinformation major driver to this loss. We must counter.
I’m a podcaster for yrs—interview journalists, writers, academics. Lush Left Media, now Constant Politics-on all platforms
I’m in political science, study the radical right. Monitor Bannon et al
Disinformation major driver to this loss. We must counter.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
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Brooke Rollins responds to a Fox & Friends graphic showing farm earnings down 6 percent this year by ranting about Joe Biden
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Brooke Rollins responds to a Fox & Friends graphic showing farm earnings down 6 percent this year by ranting about Joe Biden
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1/ This is a devastatingly good article on RFK Jr by @michaelscherer.bsky.social. Even if you’re someone, like me, who has followed this arc and his devastating impact on public health, it’s a must read. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
1/ This is a devastatingly good article on RFK Jr by @michaelscherer.bsky.social. Even if you’re someone, like me, who has followed this arc and his devastating impact on public health, it’s a must read. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
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If Trump manages to abolish the filibuster, the long-term impact of his Presidency will likely be radically progressive - since it means the next time Democrats take back the government, a multi-decade backlog of progressive laws will get enacted.
"What once seemed like a dignified brake on hasty lawmaking now blocks even routine governance," U.S. treasury secretary Scott Bessent writes. https://wapo.st/4iiAAKS
Opinion | It’s time to end the filibuster
Senate Republicans should not shy from doing what Democrats are certain to do.
wapo.st
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
If Trump manages to abolish the filibuster, the long-term impact of his Presidency will likely be radically progressive - since it means the next time Democrats take back the government, a multi-decade backlog of progressive laws will get enacted.
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It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
Doug Jones will enter 2026 Alabama governor’s race
Campaign paperwork is to be filed this week.
www.al.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
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The far right used critiques of globalism to promote a politics of ethno-nationalist authoritarianism. The left critique of global capital was not intentionally part of that broader fascist project, but when they gave air to (often implicitly) antisemitic conspiracy theories they helped the right.
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The far right used critiques of globalism to promote a politics of ethno-nationalist authoritarianism. The left critique of global capital was not intentionally part of that broader fascist project, but when they gave air to (often implicitly) antisemitic conspiracy theories they helped the right.
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There was a big populist resurgence in the US in the late 70s & early 80s. Like today, it was politically diverse, including folks on the left & right. One point of occasional overlap between left & right was a fascination with anti-globalist conspiracy theories. rightlandia.ghost.io/the-trilater...
The Trilateral Shitpost Fire that was the 1980 GOP convention, part 1
On the long history of thinly veiled antisemitic conspiracy theories on the GOP's right edge
rightlandia.ghost.io
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
There was a big populist resurgence in the US in the late 70s & early 80s. Like today, it was politically diverse, including folks on the left & right. One point of occasional overlap between left & right was a fascination with anti-globalist conspiracy theories. rightlandia.ghost.io/the-trilater...
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It reminded me of the mid-1970s when conspiracy theories about Nixon and Watergate flourished on the counter-cultural left. Slow Burn did a great episode on this relatively little-remembered feature of Watergate. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Transcript of Slow Burn Season 1, Episode 6: Rabbit Holes
From Slate’s hit podcast series.
slate.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It reminded me of the mid-1970s when conspiracy theories about Nixon and Watergate flourished on the counter-cultural left. Slow Burn did a great episode on this relatively little-remembered feature of Watergate. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Thinking back to November 2023 when Soledad O'Brien and Rob Reiner devoted their time and clout to this credulous conspiracy podcast about the JFK assassination. Feeding the anti-government conspiracy theory mill when there were 12 months to go before a crucial election was, IMO, a bad choice.
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thinking back to November 2023 when Soledad O'Brien and Rob Reiner devoted their time and clout to this credulous conspiracy podcast about the JFK assassination. Feeding the anti-government conspiracy theory mill when there were 12 months to go before a crucial election was, IMO, a bad choice.
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U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is reportedly “encouraging” a federal grand jury investigation into DOJ official Ed Martin and Federal Housing Finance Director Bill Pulte for potential misconduct in pursuing criminal charges against prominent Democrats. trib.al/HqD28N9
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is reportedly “encouraging” a federal grand jury investigation into DOJ official Ed Martin and Federal Housing Finance Director Bill Pulte for potential misconduct in pursuing criminal charges against prominent Democrats. trib.al/HqD28N9
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I don't think this is a correct description of America's party system.
November 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I don't think this is a correct description of America's party system.
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I think everyone involved in this needs to be vaccinated multiple times
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I think everyone involved in this needs to be vaccinated multiple times
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Marge is a MAGA true believer. And she's just realized it isn't fun anymore.
I don't think she's the only one.
I don't think she's the only one.
November 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Marge is a MAGA true believer. And she's just realized it isn't fun anymore.
I don't think she's the only one.
I don't think she's the only one.
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Lot of Saturday morning quarterbacking happening now, and it seems clear Trump sought to use his meeting with Mamdani in part to try to co-opt the affordability agenda and boost his own support in a moment where his numbers are in freefalll.
November 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Lot of Saturday morning quarterbacking happening now, and it seems clear Trump sought to use his meeting with Mamdani in part to try to co-opt the affordability agenda and boost his own support in a moment where his numbers are in freefalll.
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It remains hilarious to me that Ryan Lizza is seemingly oblivious to the fact that he, too, was just a creepy older man taking advantage of Olivia Nuzzi
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It remains hilarious to me that Ryan Lizza is seemingly oblivious to the fact that he, too, was just a creepy older man taking advantage of Olivia Nuzzi
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Good fucking morning to everyone except convicted sexual predator Ghislaine Maxwell—who is refusing to cooperate with the congressional investigation into the Epstein coverup. She’s clearly been promised a pardon by Trump’s DOJ and is covering for his ass. The corruption is unbelievable.
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Good fucking morning to everyone except convicted sexual predator Ghislaine Maxwell—who is refusing to cooperate with the congressional investigation into the Epstein coverup. She’s clearly been promised a pardon by Trump’s DOJ and is covering for his ass. The corruption is unbelievable.
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Romcom where two loathsome journalists live together for a year, shtupp multiple presidential candidates, air their grievances in dreadful prose, then, exhausted, unknowingly open competing candle shops in the same Vermont village, and get back together while promising never to write again
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Romcom where two loathsome journalists live together for a year, shtupp multiple presidential candidates, air their grievances in dreadful prose, then, exhausted, unknowingly open competing candle shops in the same Vermont village, and get back together while promising never to write again
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Wrote about the time when Trump said some Democrats should be executed, whenever that was.
So, we’re just moving on from the sedition-execution thing?
It's quite tidy how the whole thing worked out, in a way. Democratic members of Congress, recognizing that President Trump would be more than happy to dispatch the military to aid his political object...
www.pbump.net
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Wrote about the time when Trump said some Democrats should be executed, whenever that was.
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“reviewing” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
Vanity Fair Is Reviewing Its Ties to Olivia Nuzzi
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“reviewing” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy....
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy....