@kathrynsharvey.bsky.social
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I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.
July 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.
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CBS claims that its decision to cancel Stephen Colbert’s show is “financial,” but “the network that once made Cronkite the most trusted man in America no longer gets the benefit of the doubt,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues:
Is Colbert’s Ouster Really Just a ‘Financial Decision’?
CBS no longer deserves the benefit of the doubt.
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July 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
CBS claims that its decision to cancel Stephen Colbert’s show is “financial,” but “the network that once made Cronkite the most trusted man in America no longer gets the benefit of the doubt,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues:
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Resistance will take many forms in the days and months ahead.
June 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Resistance will take many forms in the days and months ahead.
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Please don’t presume this is now an American president making a serious decision for the good of America, not a malignant despot desperate to be seen as a strong man.
June 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Please don’t presume this is now an American president making a serious decision for the good of America, not a malignant despot desperate to be seen as a strong man.
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While bombing Iran is bad for Trump’s poll numbers, starting a war and creating chaos is good for Trump as an authoritarian. Authoritarians exploit chaos to claim emergency powers, deploy the military domestically, and undermine free and fair elections.
These attacks must be viewed from this lens.
These attacks must be viewed from this lens.
June 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
While bombing Iran is bad for Trump’s poll numbers, starting a war and creating chaos is good for Trump as an authoritarian. Authoritarians exploit chaos to claim emergency powers, deploy the military domestically, and undermine free and fair elections.
These attacks must be viewed from this lens.
These attacks must be viewed from this lens.
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Lessons from the week:
1. Standing up to bullies works (Harvard)
2. Tweeting about illegal deportations doesn't work (most Democrats)
3. But, getting on a plane to see illegally deported constituents DOES work (Van Hollen)
1. Standing up to bullies works (Harvard)
2. Tweeting about illegal deportations doesn't work (most Democrats)
3. But, getting on a plane to see illegally deported constituents DOES work (Van Hollen)
April 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Lessons from the week:
1. Standing up to bullies works (Harvard)
2. Tweeting about illegal deportations doesn't work (most Democrats)
3. But, getting on a plane to see illegally deported constituents DOES work (Van Hollen)
1. Standing up to bullies works (Harvard)
2. Tweeting about illegal deportations doesn't work (most Democrats)
3. But, getting on a plane to see illegally deported constituents DOES work (Van Hollen)
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Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
February 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
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Trump and Vance’s meeting with Zelensky in the Oval Office today “gave the lie to any claim that this administration’s policy is driven by any strategic effort to advance the interests of the United States, however misguided,” @davidfrum.bsky.social writes.
Read more: theatln.tc/SowY3Uin
Read more: theatln.tc/SowY3Uin
February 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Trump and Vance’s meeting with Zelensky in the Oval Office today “gave the lie to any claim that this administration’s policy is driven by any strategic effort to advance the interests of the United States, however misguided,” @davidfrum.bsky.social writes.
Read more: theatln.tc/SowY3Uin
Read more: theatln.tc/SowY3Uin
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I'm pretty sure it takes a LOT for the WSJ to go against der Trumpfer, so this may be a big deal:
archive.ph/nEHmG
archive.ph/nEHmG
February 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm pretty sure it takes a LOT for the WSJ to go against der Trumpfer, so this may be a big deal:
archive.ph/nEHmG
archive.ph/nEHmG
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DOGE savings (WSJ): $2.6b
TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b
Annual increase in deficit: $900b
Cuts to Medicare: $880b
TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b
Annual increase in deficit: $900b
Cuts to Medicare: $880b
February 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
DOGE savings (WSJ): $2.6b
TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b
Annual increase in deficit: $900b
Cuts to Medicare: $880b
TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b
Annual increase in deficit: $900b
Cuts to Medicare: $880b
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"Trump is surrendering America. Trump is the opposite of strong. He is a tiny, weak, small, scared, trembling, sissy, husk of a man. There is nothing manly about his fat, sweaty, smelly, gross, makeup'ed self. “
~ Adam Kinzinger
~ Adam Kinzinger
February 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"Trump is surrendering America. Trump is the opposite of strong. He is a tiny, weak, small, scared, trembling, sissy, husk of a man. There is nothing manly about his fat, sweaty, smelly, gross, makeup'ed self. “
~ Adam Kinzinger
~ Adam Kinzinger
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Great advice on helping someone who is grieving.
February 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Great advice on helping someone who is grieving.
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My oath is to the Constitution of our state and of our country.
We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.
I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.
We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.
I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
My oath is to the Constitution of our state and of our country.
We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.
I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.
We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.
I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.
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My oath is to the Constitution of our state and of our country.
We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.
I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.
We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.
I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.
February 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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The CFPB is one of the American people’s best defenses against waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
February 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The CFPB is one of the American people’s best defenses against waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
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Elon Musk’s boast that he had spent the weekend “feeding USAID into the wood chipper,” an action that, as King noted, “will literally take food from the mouths of starving children.”
“Forget red lines,” King’s said. “Do we have no decency?”
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“Forget red lines,” King’s said. “Do we have no decency?”
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Opinion | As Trump grabs power, GOP lawmakers sit on their hands
Sen. Angus King asked GOP colleagues: Are there no red lines? The answer is dispiriting.
wapo.st
February 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Elon Musk’s boast that he had spent the weekend “feeding USAID into the wood chipper,” an action that, as King noted, “will literally take food from the mouths of starving children.”
“Forget red lines,” King’s said. “Do we have no decency?”
Gift Article
wapo.st/3WYWnh5
“Forget red lines,” King’s said. “Do we have no decency?”
Gift Article
wapo.st/3WYWnh5
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Best post of the season.
February 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Best post of the season.
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The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
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If the Muscovites want to set up cots at OPM, we should set up human walls.
February 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
If the Muscovites want to set up cots at OPM, we should set up human walls.
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honestly think some of the hesitation here is that no one wants to sound like a crank. i was talking at an event last night and even i felt like a crank while i was speaking!
What if there were a coup, the US government fell to a drug-addled oligarch who seized control of our money, secrets, and levers of power, and Corporate media did not report on it?
February 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
honestly think some of the hesitation here is that no one wants to sound like a crank. i was talking at an event last night and even i felt like a crank while i was speaking!
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