Mark Wright
@jmarkwrite.bsky.social
Mark Wright, marketing writer. Former journalist. A blue dot in red Texas. I believe in democracy and separation of church and state. Shameless left of center champion of rights.
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Take pride in our fellow American, Sen. Mark Kelly, vigorously standing up for the Constitution and against a violence-inciting White House occupant who is failing to intimidate this good man and honorable public servant.
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Take pride in our fellow American, Sen. Mark Kelly, vigorously standing up for the Constitution and against a violence-inciting White House occupant who is failing to intimidate this good man and honorable public servant.
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Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
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Racism is so powerful in America it’s our greatest intellectual export
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Racism is so powerful in America it’s our greatest intellectual export
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Maybe putting a dozen narcissistic poser Fox hosts in charge of sprawling federal agencies with millions of combined employees and vastly important responsibilities with enormous power wasn’t the greatest plan.
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Maybe putting a dozen narcissistic poser Fox hosts in charge of sprawling federal agencies with millions of combined employees and vastly important responsibilities with enormous power wasn’t the greatest plan.
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This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
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This is exactly right
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is exactly right
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Trump/Hillsdale make the central drama of their series about how "a small rag-tag army defeat[ed] the mightiest empire in the world." No mention of how the French, Spanish, and Dutch all aided the US. Yet more French troops than American troops participated in Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown.
November 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Trump/Hillsdale make the central drama of their series about how "a small rag-tag army defeat[ed] the mightiest empire in the world." No mention of how the French, Spanish, and Dutch all aided the US. Yet more French troops than American troops participated in Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown.
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Hillsdale College is a hotbed of far right conservative administrators that see things quite differently, and compound that by being politically active and connected to Trump's chaos.
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Hillsdale College is a hotbed of far right conservative administrators that see things quite differently, and compound that by being politically active and connected to Trump's chaos.
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Something that the Trump
& Bush regimes share is the reflex for opacity, assuming that the less info is out there, the less they can be criticized
& Bush regimes share is the reflex for opacity, assuming that the less info is out there, the less they can be criticized
Signalgate ended up overshadowing everything but we still have very little idea the exact number of sorties, ordinance used, BDA’s, etc we ran against Yemen hence why there seems to be such little analysis (and what I’m currently writing about for my next article)
Military Refuses to Provide Details About Ongoing Bombing Campaign in Yemen
While some level of secrecy or information delay has always been part of military operations, the shift to actively refusing to provide even the most basic details about what service members are doing...
www.military.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Something that the Trump
& Bush regimes share is the reflex for opacity, assuming that the less info is out there, the less they can be criticized
& Bush regimes share is the reflex for opacity, assuming that the less info is out there, the less they can be criticized
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Is anyone surprised that the top MAGA trolls on X are posting from outside the U.S.?
newrepublic.com/post/203562/...
newrepublic.com/post/203562/...
Many Top MAGA Trolls Aren’t Even in the U.S.
Elon Musk’s new X feature has been very revealing.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Is anyone surprised that the top MAGA trolls on X are posting from outside the U.S.?
newrepublic.com/post/203562/...
newrepublic.com/post/203562/...
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Pray for Bangladesh!
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Pray for Bangladesh!
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Tell me you've never actually READ that part of the constitution without telling me you've never actually READ that part of the constitution #Trump
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Tell me you've never actually READ that part of the constitution without telling me you've never actually READ that part of the constitution #Trump
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Senator Kelly’s remarks in the video are “a 100% accurate representation of what the law says."
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
Pentagon Investigates Misconduct Allegations Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly
The review comes after Kelly, a retired Navy captain, appeared in a video with other lawmakers telling military members not to obey unlawful orders.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Senator Kelly’s remarks in the video are “a 100% accurate representation of what the law says."
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
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For Trump to succeed he needs an uneducated electorate who will believe his lies. Pay attention to what he’s doing.
The Dumbing Down of America
It’s as easy as G-O-P
steady.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
For Trump to succeed he needs an uneducated electorate who will believe his lies. Pay attention to what he’s doing.
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But who will think about the racists?
November 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
But who will think about the racists?
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The cowardly tautological bullshit behind all those people still being there drives me insane.
Been thinking about this line all day and the history it represents, which feels both brief (15 years! That’s all!) and frustratingly impossible to imagine a world beyond, somehow.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The cowardly tautological bullshit behind all those people still being there drives me insane.
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Oh, hey! I was interviewed by Jenn Rubin of The Contrarian on why Democrats should invest in running everywhere.
No seat uncontested.
contrarian.substack.com/p/theyre-eng...
No seat uncontested.
contrarian.substack.com/p/theyre-eng...
"They're engaged, they're optimistic!" Jess Piper on Rural Voters, Gerrymandering, and Voting Blue
"We know that gerrymandering doesn't always work."
contrarian.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Oh, hey! I was interviewed by Jenn Rubin of The Contrarian on why Democrats should invest in running everywhere.
No seat uncontested.
contrarian.substack.com/p/theyre-eng...
No seat uncontested.
contrarian.substack.com/p/theyre-eng...
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absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
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Sen. Gallego Warns Members of the Military: ‘There Will Be Consequences’ When Trump is Gone if You’re ‘Going After Sitting Members of Congress’
www.mediaite.com/politics/sen...
www.mediaite.com/politics/sen...
Sen. Gallego Warns Members of the Military: ‘There Will Be Consequences’ When Trump is Gone if You’re ‘Going After Sitting Members of Congress’
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) warned military members "there will be consequences" if they "railroad" Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) once President Trump leaves office.
www.mediaite.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Sen. Gallego Warns Members of the Military: ‘There Will Be Consequences’ When Trump is Gone if You’re ‘Going After Sitting Members of Congress’
www.mediaite.com/politics/sen...
www.mediaite.com/politics/sen...
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The false claims include that Democrats paid the September 2024 debate moderators $1 million to favor Kamala Harris, that a video showed biker gangs heading to Los Angeles to join law enforcement against anti-ICE protesters, and that Cracker Barrel’s CEO said, “MAGA doesn’t have to eat here.”
"Influential pro-Trump X accounts that appeared to be U.S-based but actually operate from Eastern Europe, Asia, or Africa have spread 31 false claims about U.S. and global politics in the last 15 months," according to @newsguard.bsky.social www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/influentia...
Influential ‘U.S.’ X Accounts Spread False Claims from Abroad
NewsGuard finds that pro-MAGA X accounts operating secretly from abroad have spread 31 significant false claims in the last 15 months
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The false claims include that Democrats paid the September 2024 debate moderators $1 million to favor Kamala Harris, that a video showed biker gangs heading to Los Angeles to join law enforcement against anti-ICE protesters, and that Cracker Barrel’s CEO said, “MAGA doesn’t have to eat here.”