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Published: August 31, 2025 13:56

News in this piece: 1) JB Pritzker's health officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines in bulk to distribute to constituents 2) Mass Gov Maura Healey is leading a coalition of mostly blue states that could coordinate purchasing of…

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Published: August 31, 2025 13:03

News in this piece: 1) JB Pritzker's health officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines in bulk to distribute to constituents 2) NH Gov Maura Healey is leading a coalition of mostly blue states that could coordinate purchasing of…

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Published: August 31, 2025 12:49

“It’s important that the American people know that their state leaders have their backs. It’s crucial for the American people to know that in many places at the local and state level, public health is alive and well.” Public health expert…

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Published: August 31, 2025 12:21

Trump/RFK are decapitating our public health system, a pillar of American greatness. So Dem Govs should scour every corner of the law for creative new ways to defend their people from this madness. Dems should polarize this debate to the max. Thoughts on…

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Published: August 31, 2025 11:55

Useful frame for understanding Trumpism from @aselrod.bsky.social: "It’s not merely rule by the worst but an active assault on virtue wherever it exists. Trump/MAGA have turned the country over to the cruelest, most rapacious, and least honorable among…

https://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3lxn2rddv3s2z

Published: August 30, 2025 17:08

Very good discussion of the intellectual roots of MAGA, its deep flaws and incoherences, and the challenge of the moment for liberalism in response, from @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social and @lkatfield.bsky.social, off of her new book, which I highly recommend:…

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Published: August 29, 2025 18:58

“We have to build up an apparatus to shield us from the recklessness of Robert F. Kennedy,” a senior Illinois health official in Gov Pritzker's administration tells me in this piece. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: August 29, 2025 17:05

This is good: With Trump/RFK destroying CDC, JB Pritzker's officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines from manufacturers and distributing them in-state themselves, source tells me. Dem govs must step up and fill the void. New piece…

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Published: August 29, 2025 15:54

"Trump 2.0 so far shows every sign of doing anything the NRA wants it to do. They can prattle on about mental health...but...their actions say they’re perfectly content to let more children die." Good @mjtoma.bsky.social dive into policy reality on…

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Published: August 29, 2025 14:35

"Schumer should accept defeat here. He should stop trying to recruit anyone to run against Platner. He should give everyone in the Democratic coalition a fair and unspoiled test of left-populist appeal." Agreed, @brianbeutler.bsky.social…

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Published: August 29, 2025 12:10

"Public health operates on this broader scale where it’s so embedded into our everyday lives that we just don’t pay attention to it until it starts to go wrong." Tons of wisdom from @donmoyn.bsky.social in this discussion, you'll learn a lot: [contains…

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Published: August 29, 2025 11:58

"We’re looking at a battle between RFK Jr. and Elon Musk for who has racked up the most deaths around the world. We’re not talking about the hundreds or thousands, but potentially even millions." On the pod @donmoyn.bsky.social is fantastic on CDC mess…

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Published: August 28, 2025 19:32

and Dems overperformed in 2022 as well (NYT the other day absurdly used the 2022 elections to make this same point, at this point the media malpractice in pushing this dumb narrative is unfathomable) [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: August 28, 2025 17:25

"Trump’s attempted firing of Lisa Cook...raises questions about whether he is illegally weaponizing the FHFA to dig up potentially damaging info on his various opponents." Thanks @thebulwark.com for discussing my reporting on this in today's newsletter:…

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Published: August 28, 2025 15:57

I'd add to all this that successful national collaboration against Covid would have also ratified a form of solidarity that's absolutely anathema to MAGA and the right, one that isn't premised on exclusion and hierarchical superiority. [contains quote…

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Published: August 28, 2025 12:34

Trump's use of red state National Guards in DC is really about viciously turning Americans against each other, about stoking hate and violence *among Americans.* JB Pritzker's response is so good because it lays *this* bare. Me and…

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Published: August 28, 2025 11:22

Trump troops in cities are about "intimidating populations that don’t support him," says @brianbeutler.bsky.social, to "push people to their breaking point so they lash out." On the pod Brian is great on what makes JB Pritzker's response so powerful and…

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Published: August 27, 2025 19:24

Editors at @nytimes.com politics might consider taking the elementary step of asking themselves whether they *might* be getting it wrong in declaring Trump in control on this issue. Just try to pose it as a question that goes against the grain of…

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Published: August 27, 2025 18:15

Striking: New Quinnipiac poll finds 56% of voters nationally oppose Trump's sending of National Guard into DC. Only 41% support it. Independents oppose it by 61-34. Trump's overall approval on crime is cratering at 42-54. That sound you hear is a lot…

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Published: August 27, 2025 18:06

"ICE thugs...may be less cavalier about abusing their power if they are on notice that they face the risk of being held accountable under state criminal laws." Good thoughts from @davidrlurie.bsky.social here: [contains quote post or other embedded…

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Published: August 27, 2025 13:04

Trump's Big Ugly Bill could cause hundreds of local radio stations to close in rural areas. It's yet another way he's badly screwing his own voters. On the pod, Dem rural organizer @lynleethorne.bsky.social is so good in explaining why these stations are…

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Published: August 27, 2025 12:28

This is right. We don't have the language to describe what we're seeing right before our eyes. That contributes to the disorienting effect it's all having, which I think people like Stephen Miller, who expressly uses the language of fascism as a weapon,…

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Published: August 27, 2025 10:52

Trump loyalist William Pulte is utterly out of control at this point. Look at this tweet. Absolutely outrageous. Really supports the argument below (see thread) that Trump's authoritarian takeover depends on corrupt willing accomplices. [contains quote…

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Published: August 26, 2025 17:50

Our slide into authoritarian rule would not be possible without Trump's willing accomplices. William Pulte's corruption of the bureaucracy to single out the mortgages of Trump foes like Lisa Cook for "investigation" is the perfect example of this. New…

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Published: August 26, 2025 17:28

With Lisa Cook suing to challenge Trump's firing of her, experts in mortgage law tell me her lawyer can now use discovery to dig into the role Trump loyalist William Pulte played in singling out mortgages of her, Schiff and Letitia James for scrutiny: …

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Published: August 26, 2025 12:18

Ominous: Trump and Stephen Miller are very clearly working to acclimate Americans to the spectacle of US troops in US cities, to the idea of the military carrying out domestic enforcement on US citizens. Harrowing stuff from @vermontgmg.bsky.social in…

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Published: August 26, 2025 11:08

"What you actually see in DC is deserted streets, deserted monuments, reservations cratering—because people don’t want to risk interactions with armed agents of the state." On the pod @vermontgmg.bsky.social is great on how we're slowly sliding into…

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Published: August 25, 2025 22:22

As we recently reported, an internal Department of Homeland Security memo lays out top officials' hopes for much more military involvement in domestic law enforcement, and even says LA-type operations may be needed "for years to come." …

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Published: August 25, 2025 18:57

I really think we should not overlook the fact that a very senior member of Trump's cabinet and one of the country's top law enforcement officials sees fit to claim as uncontested fact that Abrego Garcia is guilty of multiple horrific crimes that he hasn't…

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Published: August 25, 2025 16:45

As you watch the extraordinary spectacle of Trump's government attempting to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, let's not lose sight of just how lawless and indefensible Trump's misconduct has been all throughout. Here's a thread recapping all of it.…

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Published: August 25, 2025 16:16

Let's take this moment to thank @atrupar.com for all he does, because if there's ever a brain-frying moment to be clipping Trump videos, it's this one. I cannot express how much I've come to rely on Aaron's work, and I'm sure I'm not alone. Subscribe! …

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Published: August 25, 2025 12:21

"Trump puts armed troops in DC and you see people say, 'Well, is this really the best crime fighting remedy?' No, that is not the concern with putting armed troops in DC. The concern is that it is an authoritarian outrage that would have been inconceivable…

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Published: August 25, 2025 11:48

Newsom shapes everything around the brute fact that Trump is serially breaking the law and using government sponsored violence and intimidation to entrench authoritarian power. He accepts this as the core fact of our moment. Me and @whstancil.bsky.social…

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Published: August 25, 2025 11:17

Newsom isn't breaking through because he tweets in all-caps, or because he uses cool memes, or because he trolls Trump. It's because he's leveling with Dem voters about Trump, MAGA, and power. @whstancil.bsky.social and I develop this theory at length in…

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Published: August 25, 2025 11:11

The real reason Gavin Newsom is breaking through is this: He's saying Trump/GOP will no longer be allowed to play by their own rules, and we will use our power to the max to put an end to it. On the pod, @whstancil.bsky.social and I go deep on Newsom and…

https://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3lx3bx2ckks2g

Published: August 23, 2025 15:28

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who has been released, have been informed by ICE that he could now be subject to deportation to Uganda, and he's been told to report to ICE next week, a source confirms to me. A few points about this, because there will…

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Published: August 22, 2025 18:01

Indeed. It's hard to see NYT describing this stuff as an "uneasy mix of retribution and law enforcement," or as a "power play," or any other of 100 different mealy-mouthed euphemisms they keep using. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: August 22, 2025 16:07

This is getting very bad: *FBI raids top Trump critic's home *Trump loyalist gins up "mortgage fraud" pretexts for DOJ probes of Schiff, Letitia James, Lisa Cook *Bannon says ICE will monitor 2026 voting *DHS memo vows LA operations "for years to come" …

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Published: August 22, 2025 13:49

JD Vance's speech on the Big Ugly Bill was insulting in its dishonesty and malevolent bad faith. On the pod @michaelslinden.bsky.social brutally takes it apart. Key point: Vance cannot paper over the core truth that it's a huge upward redistribution of…

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Published: August 21, 2025 17:01

Thanks, @jayrosen.bsky.social. An additional layer here is some Dems feel "savvy" if they demonstrate to savvy reporters that they aren't "in denial" about how politically weak the Dem position is. So they adopt that view uncritically. [contains quote…

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Published: August 21, 2025 14:25

Here's a really galling example of what we're talking about. Note that @npr.org is only able to conceive of Trump's military occupations as a *political problem for Democrats.* This is some shockingly credulous and derelict framing. [contains quote post…

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Published: August 21, 2025 14:03

A key point we try to get at here: Media is covering Trump's militarization of cities AS IF IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT CRIME. But it isn't. It's about the CONSOLIDATION OF AUTHORITARIAN POWER. Yet many headlines and analyses are all about whether it's true that…

https://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3lwvyfnhrnc2o

Published: August 21, 2025 12:54

Toxic feedback loop has kicked in: Trump's propagandists tell credulous reporters that occupying cities is good politics for him. Media echoes this as self-evidently true. That reinforces Dem instincts not to engage. My exchange w/…

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Published: August 21, 2025 11:55

Trump and Stephen Miller's military occupations are UNPOPULAR. Pew: 56% don't trust Trump to manage law enforcement Reuters: Only 42% approve his handling of crime WaPo: 79% of DCers oppose invasion On the pod, @monicapotts.bsky.social and I urge Dems to…

https://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3lwtzepy6ak27

Published: August 20, 2025 18:06

Good @donmoyn.bsky.social piece on Trump and FHFA's William Pulte ginning up pretexts to prosecute Lisa Cook. As Don says this is a test for the media. It needs to cover the corruption of the process as itself being the story. …

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Published: August 20, 2025 15:30

"Dem leaders tell themselves the fight their voters want is for cheaper energy, cheaper beef, cheaper health care. But mostly they just want a fight. To see Ds do everything legal in their power to stop Trump." @brianbeutler.bsky.social on "kitchen table…

https://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3lwtnondwj22k

Published: August 20, 2025 14:37

The real story here is Trump loyalists are corrupting the bureaucracy to manufacture pretexts for referrals to DOJ for prosecutions of Trump's enemies. Yet Bloomberg's headline makes this look like a legitimate process, and Trump tweets it out. [contains…

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Published: August 20, 2025 13:33

Yep, I reported this several weeks ago. William Pulte, a Trump loyalist, is using the FHFA bureaucracy to help Trump gin up fake pretexts for prosecutions of his enemies. One former IG told me: “From beginning to end, this process is highly irregular." …

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Published: August 20, 2025 12:21

By electing Trump twice, Americans have "signaled to the world that the US is not reliable," says @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social, "making the world a less stable place." On the pod Nick is great on Trump's sabotaging of the western alliance and on WH lies…

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Published: August 20, 2025 11:58

"Trump has always had admiration for Putin. Trump is a wuss, and Putin is a hard man in a way Trump is not. He and his staff bathe in right-wing propaganda that Ukrainians are too woke to fight." On the pod, @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social goes big on WH's…