Those who are going to vote for Republicans this year are going to do so completely independent of anything they say
Nicholas Johnston of Axios, who wrote this, has an English degree from Georgetown University and has worked in media for over 25 years. Yet here he is admitting that he can't read a book that, traditionally, is assigned to 15 and 16 year-olds in school, so he has AI do it for him.
Robot book club
Reading books with an AI partner
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I’m learning that the people who gamified paragraphs are having trouble reading books. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...
Former Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, who has publicly raised concerns regarding US military vulnerabilities and critical munition shortages, is being punished by the Pentagon.
The upcoming season of “60 Minutes” is off to a rough start www.salon.com/2026/08/08/t...
The ghost of “60 Minutes” is about to haunt Bari Weiss
Former correspondents Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi may be teaming up to get the last word
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The headline is straight to the point, but @amandamarcotte.bsky.social has packed a whole lot into this one www.salon.com/2026/08/03/m...
Mitch McConnell is never coming back to the Senate
The likeliest reason for the Kentucky senator's ruse is also the most pathetic
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Andrew Tate's rise to conservative political icon didn't happen by accident. The right-wing media ecosystem built him up, and his collapse could now drag the president's youngest son into a congressional investigation.
Andrew Tate's arrest causes trouble for Trump's youngest son
The manosphere influencer has lost the president's support — but he could pose a threat to Barron
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How did Andrew Tate go from right-wing icon to disgraced influencer — and why could his collapse now pull the president's son into a congressional spotlight? @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social traces the conservative media machine that made it happen.
Andrew Tate's arrest causes trouble for Trump's youngest son
The manosphere influencer has lost the president's support — but he could pose a threat to Barron
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This week alone offered multiple remarkably different examples of the same phenomenon. It’s not just that MAGA has grifters. It is that the grifters now help define the terms of power. www.salon.com/2026/07/19/m...
MAGA's influencer class is breaking Trump's White House
Republicans are now paying the price for a government run by clout chasers
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Is Trump still speaking? Looks like Fox News cut him off
An important read @salon.com. So thankful to editor @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social for helping this find a home www.salon.com/2026/07/10/w...
What a subway ride with white supremacists taught me about America
Surrounded by masked Patriot Front members on the DC Metro, I considered what it means to be an American
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Why is every Democrat in Maine a former Republican
“Instead of treating history as a static, unyielding marble monument to be worshipped blindly, the nation is encouraged to treat it as a shared inheritance — one that has been unevenly distributed across generations, but that remains collectively owned.” from @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social
A Fourth of July in Kamala Harris’ USA
A celebration of what could have been if the 2024 election had gone differently
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Since Donald Trump has turned our nation’s 250th anniversary into a celebration of himself — complete with grift — let’s imagine a Fourth of July that might have been @salon.com www.salon.com/2026/07/04/a...
A Fourth of July in Kamala Harris’ USA
A celebration of what could have been if the 2024 election had gone differently
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The initial ruling came on the eve of Juneteenth abcnews.com/Politics/cou...
Court clears way for Trump admin to 'immediately' replace slavery exhibit in Philadelphia ahead of July 4
On the eve of July 4, the Trump administration is seeking to replace the slavery memorial at the President’s House in Philadelphia. Here's what could change.
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This is a good read on the exact type of double standards that are turning everyone, including me, into the joker. It’s frustrating because I feel like the biggest reason for this is the GOP threatens, attacks, and insults (and even sues) journalists who do their job while Dem folks… don’t
Norm Wilner@normwilner.bsky.social · last mo.This is a good story, and also a fun reminder than Mitch McConnell hasn't been seen in like three weeks now and might still be gravely ill. No one knows!
"Unexplained gaps in representation are inherently newsworthy." — @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social in @salon.com www.salon.com/2026/07/02/w...
Why the media lets Republicans keep medical woes a mystery
The lengthy absences of Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean Jr. raise a congressional double standard
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My latest for @salon.com on how Mitch McConnell and other Republicans get away with unexplained, taxpayer-funded absences from their job www.salon.com/2026/07/02/w...
Why the media lets Republicans keep medical woes a mystery
The lengthy absences of Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean Jr. raise a congressional double standard
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Trump may have lost his case before the Court, but right-wing media has gained something valuable: another resentment they will turn into a rallying cry in the run-up to the midterms.
MAGA is turning SCOTUS loss into the existential crisis it needed
The Court's birthright citizenship ruling is fueling the right-wing media machine ahead of the midterms
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Far from settling the issue, the Supreme Court’s ruling on birthright citizenship looks to have guaranteed that the right will become even more rabid. www.salon.com/2026/07/01/m...
MAGA is turning SCOTUS loss into the existential crisis it needed
The Court's birthright citizenship ruling is fueling the right-wing media machine ahead of the midterms
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The stores are already stocked with Halloween decor. What are we doing here?
fuck with consumers all you want but anything that could threaten the justices' net worth is just a step too far
Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · last mo.SCOTUS upholding the firing of the FTC commissioner but not the Federal Reserve board member is such a blatant reveal of how this Supreme Court sides with the interests of capital over consistent jurisprudence and precedent.
Ugh. Supreme Court rules in Slaughter, 6-3 that Trump can fire people from the FTC. But in Cook, Court rules 5-4 that Trump cannot fire everybody from the Fed. Roberts writes both majority opinions There's no real difference between the FTC and the FED other than Roberts likes the Fed.
“Loitering is not permitted in this area. Please proceed to a designated location. Thank you for your cooperation,” a surveillance machine tells a small cluster of National Guard members as they patrol the fenced off Reflecting Pool in the rain.
"The board also cut a detailed explanation of how Jim Crow laws perpetuated segregation, and renamed the Tulsa Race Massacre, believed to be the worst case of racial violence in American history, to the “Tulsa Race Riots.”
Texas social studies rewrite would trim back lessons on slavery and civil rights
The board voted to cut proposed lessons that would explain racial segregation, slave...
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The National Park Service is closing Dupont Circle for DC Pride weekend because Republicans hate joy #FreeDC www.nps.gov/nama/learn/m...
Notice to the Public. Temporary Closure of Dupont Circle - National Mall and Memorial Parks (U.S. National Park Service)
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