Alan Farago
@alanfarago.bsky.social
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Alan Farago
@alanfarago.bsky.social
· Jun 27
I was fortunate to sit next to Bill Moyers at a 1997 League of Conservation Voters dinner in Manhattan. Here is the text of the speech he gave that night. It is my privilege to share it now. 1/2 @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @chrislhayes.bsky.social
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Pretty convincing evidence here that the Trump administration was planning to jailbreak and provide asylum for Bolsonaro -- and that Trump inadvertently revealed the plan.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
Trump appears to blurt out secret plan, not knowing it's already a bust
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Pretty convincing evidence here that the Trump administration was planning to jailbreak and provide asylum for Bolsonaro -- and that Trump inadvertently revealed the plan.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
A failure to recognize norms is a sign of dementia.
Exclusive: President Trump has argued with the architect he handpicked to design a White House ballroom over the size of the project, reflecting a conflict between architectural norms and Trump’s grandiose aesthetic.
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
wapo.st
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A failure to recognize norms is a sign of dementia.
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We may be getting the Epstein Files in December, but they’re still hiding the Jobs Report, the Inflation Report, and the GDP Report.
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We may be getting the Epstein Files in December, but they’re still hiding the Jobs Report, the Inflation Report, and the GDP Report.
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It says a lot about our country that the FBI had no interest in interviewing Brett Kavanaugh but wants to talk to Mark Kelly.
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It says a lot about our country that the FBI had no interest in interviewing Brett Kavanaugh but wants to talk to Mark Kelly.
@joncooper-us.bsky.social it’s worse. DOGE did succeed in one crucial way: successfully stealing massive private data on US citizens, from multiple govt agencies, in order to train AI on systems owned by politically connected 3rd parties. Prove me wrong.
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
@joncooper-us.bsky.social it’s worse. DOGE did succeed in one crucial way: successfully stealing massive private data on US citizens, from multiple govt agencies, in order to train AI on systems owned by politically connected 3rd parties. Prove me wrong.
Why isn’t this on the front page above the fold in the @nytimes.com ?
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Why isn’t this on the front page above the fold in the @nytimes.com ?
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
What is lawfare was adjudicated as something the Trump WH routinely waged against US citizens?
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
What is lawfare was adjudicated as something the Trump WH routinely waged against US citizens?
Fareed Zachariah, do you agree the “cultural shift” DEMS missed was the result of the biggest disinformation campaign in US history?
80% of Twitter's American First accounts are based outside of the United States.
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Fareed Zachariah, do you agree the “cultural shift” DEMS missed was the result of the biggest disinformation campaign in US history?
DOGE was not a failure.
It was a plan to steal private data on all US citizens to train AI owned by private, 3rd parties.
We can guess their purpose: to isolate dissent and control election outcomes.
Prove me wrong.
It was a plan to steal private data on all US citizens to train AI owned by private, 3rd parties.
We can guess their purpose: to isolate dissent and control election outcomes.
Prove me wrong.
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
DOGE was not a failure.
It was a plan to steal private data on all US citizens to train AI owned by private, 3rd parties.
We can guess their purpose: to isolate dissent and control election outcomes.
Prove me wrong.
It was a plan to steal private data on all US citizens to train AI owned by private, 3rd parties.
We can guess their purpose: to isolate dissent and control election outcomes.
Prove me wrong.
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Can someone explain to me why it takes 30 days to release the Epstein files, when a few months ago they didn’t even exist?
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Can someone explain to me why it takes 30 days to release the Epstein files, when a few months ago they didn’t even exist?
Fuckers.
Cramer: If you haven’t noticed, the president has been taking down some tariffs little by little, country by country. He is noticing the inflationary outcome of some of those specific tariffs.
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Fuckers.
I wonder, has any of this changed Fareed Zakaria’s mind about the consolidation of right wing culture and politics? @ezraklein.bsky.social @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I wonder, has any of this changed Fareed Zakaria’s mind about the consolidation of right wing culture and politics? @ezraklein.bsky.social @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
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MAGA, had enough yet?
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
MAGA, had enough yet?
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Vladimir Putin is popping champagne corks. His hand puppet in Washington has left the United States alone, weakened and hated on the world stage.
Canada and the rest of the world have moved on.
financialpost.com/pmn/business...
Canada and the rest of the world have moved on.
financialpost.com/pmn/business...
Carney Says World Can Move on Without The US, Stresses New Ties
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the world can make progress on a range of issues without the US, and that consensus reached at a Group of 20 leaders’ meeti…
financialpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Vladimir Putin is popping champagne corks. His hand puppet in Washington has left the United States alone, weakened and hated on the world stage.
Canada and the rest of the world have moved on.
financialpost.com/pmn/business...
Canada and the rest of the world have moved on.
financialpost.com/pmn/business...
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This week we learned that many of the most active Twitter accounts are foreigners, most likely Russian influence agents, operating in the guise of Red State Americans.
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This week we learned that many of the most active Twitter accounts are foreigners, most likely Russian influence agents, operating in the guise of Red State Americans.
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Twitter implemented a new feature last night that displayed the country an account is in. So many of the ‘America First’ accounts were from foreign countries that they had to disable the feature within hours. 🙄
November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Twitter implemented a new feature last night that displayed the country an account is in. So many of the ‘America First’ accounts were from foreign countries that they had to disable the feature within hours. 🙄
The next installment will be: “Wicked Fucked”, about two big superhero’s who try to alert the nation about the costs of political corruption and fail.
“Wicked: For Good” beat the preview screening totals of two big superhero hits this year: “Superman” and “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” which ruled the summer box office.
‘Wicked: For Good’ Earns Huge $30.8 Million In Previews—Best Of 2025, Flies Past ‘Wicked’ Part One
“Wicked: For Good” beat the preview screening totals of two big superhero hits this year: “Superman” and “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” which ruled the summer box office.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The next installment will be: “Wicked Fucked”, about two big superhero’s who try to alert the nation about the costs of political corruption and fail.
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If you had told me Mamdani and MTG would both be in the news today, and gave me eleventy thousand guesses as to why, I’d … still be guessing.
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
If you had told me Mamdani and MTG would both be in the news today, and gave me eleventy thousand guesses as to why, I’d … still be guessing.
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This year has been the longest decade in a century.
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This year has been the longest decade in a century.
TBH @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social , the defining cause of radicalization of US politics was not a change in the culture. It was Citizens United. Read the link in my bio to a speech by Bill Moyers in 1999.
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
TBH @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social , the defining cause of radicalization of US politics was not a change in the culture. It was Citizens United. Read the link in my bio to a speech by Bill Moyers in 1999.
MTG’s announcement of her resignation was greeted with … silence.
It is hard to overstate her contribution to the decline of public respect for institutions like Congress.
It is hard to overstate her contribution to the decline of public respect for institutions like Congress.
November 22, 2025 at 3:01 AM
MTG’s announcement of her resignation was greeted with … silence.
It is hard to overstate her contribution to the decline of public respect for institutions like Congress.
It is hard to overstate her contribution to the decline of public respect for institutions like Congress.