@msteinhart.bsky.social
Political junkie, dog lover, book lover. Living in the blue bubble of CA.
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Tell me more about ‘Sleepy Joe.’
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Tell me more about ‘Sleepy Joe.’
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'Undue': Judge Cannon slammed by appeals court after Jack Smith's report on Trump delayed
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'Undue': Judge Cannon slammed by appeals court after Jack Smith's report on Trump delayed
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November 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
'Undue': Judge Cannon slammed by appeals court after Jack Smith's report on Trump delayed
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You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/
August 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it will shut down its Office of Research and Development and eliminate thousands of agency jobs. According to the agency, this office has long served as the scientific backbone of its efforts to protect both public health and the environment.
July 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it will shut down its Office of Research and Development and eliminate thousands of agency jobs. According to the agency, this office has long served as the scientific backbone of its efforts to protect both public health and the environment.
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Believe me, so many people [who "think" they are really smart] need to see this.
July 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Believe me, so many people [who "think" they are really smart] need to see this.
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Confused. So (apart from the other crazy assumptions underlying this) will farm workers get health coverage? Bc the idea of kicking people off Medicaid is that they can get jobs that provide health insurance, right? I’m just trying to keep up with the plot
Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
July 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Confused. So (apart from the other crazy assumptions underlying this) will farm workers get health coverage? Bc the idea of kicking people off Medicaid is that they can get jobs that provide health insurance, right? I’m just trying to keep up with the plot
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We tried red, we tried blue. What’s left? White. That’s it. Elon wants a white party now.
Ooh wee is this shit pissing off trump & MAGA
July 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
We tried red, we tried blue. What’s left? White. That’s it. Elon wants a white party now.
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Just wow! Can we appreciate the fact that a team from Mexico is in Texas helping with the search and rescue. 👏🏽
July 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Just wow! Can we appreciate the fact that a team from Mexico is in Texas helping with the search and rescue. 👏🏽
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"Fidelity, bravery, and integrity, forever"
A senior FBI officer resigns
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
A senior FBI officer resigns
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
Goodbye to All That
My resignation from the FBI.
www.lawfaremedia.org
July 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"Fidelity, bravery, and integrity, forever"
A senior FBI officer resigns
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
A senior FBI officer resigns
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
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It’s costing taxpayers $450/M annually & Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp is already flooding. Imagine a hurricane. People are going to die.
There’s always enough money to hurt folks, but when it comes to public transit, low-income housing, schools, or public healthcare, “Sorry, we’re broke.”
There’s always enough money to hurt folks, but when it comes to public transit, low-income housing, schools, or public healthcare, “Sorry, we’re broke.”
July 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
It’s costing taxpayers $450/M annually & Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp is already flooding. Imagine a hurricane. People are going to die.
There’s always enough money to hurt folks, but when it comes to public transit, low-income housing, schools, or public healthcare, “Sorry, we’re broke.”
There’s always enough money to hurt folks, but when it comes to public transit, low-income housing, schools, or public healthcare, “Sorry, we’re broke.”
Definitely WHOA!
June 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Definitely WHOA!
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Trump showed up to the G7 demanding respect, confused the EU with the UK, begged for Putin, and rage-quit before Zelenskyy even landed. Soldiers smiled, and he called it insubordination.
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
Sandbox Flight Risk
Trump storms out of the G7, Zelenskyy walks into the rubble, and America’s military smiles at the wrong time
open.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Trump showed up to the G7 demanding respect, confused the EU with the UK, begged for Putin, and rage-quit before Zelenskyy even landed. Soldiers smiled, and he called it insubordination.
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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Trump’s selling off America while live-tweeting his way toward a war with #Iran. 250M acres of public lands on the auction block. No press briefings. #ICE arresting elected officials. #Putin protected. J6 defenders erased. The regime’s rot is on full display.
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
The Great Liquidation
As Trump auctions off public land, cracks down on political enemies, shields Putin, stumbles toward war, and rewards insurrectionists, America slides deeper into authoritarian rot.
open.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Trump’s selling off America while live-tweeting his way toward a war with #Iran. 250M acres of public lands on the auction block. No press briefings. #ICE arresting elected officials. #Putin protected. J6 defenders erased. The regime’s rot is on full display.
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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The new trade agreement between the US and the UK was, apparently, written with invisible ink.
June 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The new trade agreement between the US and the UK was, apparently, written with invisible ink.
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This is not normal. A sitting president refusing to call the governor of a state after two elected officials were shot, one fatally, is beyond words. A typical president, regardless of politics, would pick up the phone. Offer condolences.
June 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is not normal. A sitting president refusing to call the governor of a state after two elected officials were shot, one fatally, is beyond words. A typical president, regardless of politics, would pick up the phone. Offer condolences.
no kidding -
June 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
no kidding -
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Thank for this comment. I think a lot of people are missing the point of my thread, responding with, “Or maybe he’s just an asshole.” It’s not an either/or, folks. I thought people might be interested in understanding cognitive manipulation, but…perhaps not
The goal isn’t to convince with facts.
The goal is to corrode empathy, disrupt moral clarity, and prepare followers to accept, or cheer for, more violence.
It’s narrative grooming for fascism.
The Alt-right are already there... they're primed and ready to join in the assassinations.
The goal is to corrode empathy, disrupt moral clarity, and prepare followers to accept, or cheer for, more violence.
It’s narrative grooming for fascism.
The Alt-right are already there... they're primed and ready to join in the assassinations.
🧵I think it’s important to understand what disinformation like Sen. Mike Lee’s tweets are trying to do, psychologically/cognitively. In my disinfo class/Substack, I talk about how disinfo often uses “moral disengagement strategies” to manipulate people into accepting harmful conduct 1/
June 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Thank for this comment. I think a lot of people are missing the point of my thread, responding with, “Or maybe he’s just an asshole.” It’s not an either/or, folks. I thought people might be interested in understanding cognitive manipulation, but…perhaps not
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🧵I think it’s important to understand what disinformation like Sen. Mike Lee’s tweets are trying to do, psychologically/cognitively. In my disinfo class/Substack, I talk about how disinfo often uses “moral disengagement strategies” to manipulate people into accepting harmful conduct 1/
This is an egregiously shameful tweet from a US senator
June 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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