@caitlinmoriah.bsky.social, @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social & @mayarupert.bsky.social discussed the life & legacy of the late Lindsey Graham & how his senate seat has been the most racist in US history; shoutout to @ibramxk.bsky.social for the brilliant @theemancipator.org piece highlighting this.

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 5d ago

Half the Answer #96: Maya Rupert joins Caitlin and Trent to explore the life and works of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, who until his death earlier this month occupied the most racist seat in American history. www.liberalcurrents.com/lindsey-grah...

@caitlinmoriah.bsky.social, @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social & @mayarupert.bsky.social discussed the life & legacy of the late Lindsey Graham & how his senate seat has been the most racist in US history; shoutout to @ibramxk.bsky.social for the brilliant @theemancipator.org piece highlighting this.

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 5d ago

Half the Answer #96: Maya Rupert joins Caitlin and Trent to explore the life and works of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, who until his death earlier this month occupied the most racist seat in American history. www.liberalcurrents.com/lindsey-grah...

@halftheanswer.bsky.social and I had a great discourse on what the state should be defined as a week ago. I offered the idea that the state exists to solve problems, it is a tool for problem solving. This is the basic idea behind the socialist answer to the Social Question: just do the thing.

See the @halftheanswer.bsky.social clip that was BANNED by TikTok

dr. caitlin m. green@caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 2w ago

yes i am the problem child of @liberalcurrents.com who keeps making tiktoks that get us community guidelines violations. they just don’t want you to know we solved gender

"Whether he's gay or trans or has had multiple Latina girlfriends is apparently really bad stuff. Also, he's been accused of being a vegetarian and a vegan, but neither of those things seems to be particularly true." www.liberalcurrents.com/ken-paxton-a...

Ken Paxton and the Potential Boogaloo Congressman (Half the Answer #95, with Steven Monacelli)

Ken Paxton isn't the only Looney Toon running for a position in the United States Congress this November. An extremist gun YouTuber is the Republican nominee for a House seat in the district that cont...

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Already came out! www.intercept.com.br/2026/07/02/f...

Fundo Havengate abandonou projeto imobiliário antes de receber milhões de Vorcaro para ‘Dark Horse’ | Intercept Brasil

Comandado por Paulo Calixto, advogado de Eduardo Bolsonaro, o Havengate prometeu até green card para atrair investidores brasileiros. Apesar de a iniciativa não sair do papel, fundo seguiu ativo e foi...

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New @halftheanswer.bsky.social with @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and I and the great @stevanzetti.bsky.social speaking about the Texas senate race with Crazy Ken Paxton and the gunfluencer Uvalde nut wannabe congressman.

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 2w ago

Half the Answer #95: An extremist gun YouTuber is the Republican nominee for a House seat in the district that contains Uvalde, Texas. How did this happen? Journalist Steven Monacelli tells us all about it. www.liberalcurrents.com/ken-paxton-a...

Half the Answer #95: An extremist gun YouTuber is the Republican nominee for a House seat in the district that contains Uvalde, Texas. How did this happen? Journalist Steven Monacelli tells us all about it. www.liberalcurrents.com/ken-paxton-a...

Ken Paxton and the Potential Boogaloo Congressman (Half the Answer #95, with Steven Monacelli)

Ken Paxton isn't the only Looney Toon running for a position in the United States Congress this November. An extremist gun YouTuber is the Republican nominee for a House seat in the district that cont...

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"This guy is abusive. He's not a safe person. He wants to control people. He wants to control the narrative. And so everything he did this week just kind of reaffirmed any previous feelings that people might have had about him." www.liberalcurrents.com/graham-platn...

Graham Platner: Walking Red Flag (Half the Answer #93, with Marisa Kabas)

Graham Platner is a parade of red flags stuffed into a pair of yellow rubber waders, and yet so many let those things slide with a tsk-tsk at best. For others, he was a bad man with bad views who unfo...

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listen to us gab!

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 4w ago

Today @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social talk to @marisakabas.bsky.social about what was possibly the most predictable scandal in American politics www.liberalcurrents.com/graham-platn...

"The people who recruited Platner weren't real professionals. If they had been, they would have done a true background check. They would have dug up all the dirt, especially for such a big, high-stakes campaign. This is a man who has never run for office before, not even for county dogcatcher."

Graham Platner: Walking Red Flag (Half the Answer #93, with Marisa Kabas)

Graham Platner is a parade of red flags stuffed into a pair of yellow rubber waders, and yet so many let those things slide with a tsk-tsk at best. For others, he was a bad man with bad views who unfo...

liberalcurrents.com

Half the Answer #94: Exactly what is going on in England? Why is the Labour Party trying to behave like the Tories—or worse? Is Andy Burnham any better than Keir Starmer? We ask our European expert @roterote.bsky.social to lay it out for us. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-mancunia...

The Mancunian Candidate and the End of Keir Starmer (Half the Answer #94, with Hunter CG)

Exactly what is going on in England? Why is the Labour Party trying to behave like the Tories—or worse? Is Andy Burnham any better than Keir Starmer? We ask our European expert Hunter CG (RoteRote Med...

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"That Army helicopter pilot was suspended, and then Pete Hegseth said, 'Excuse me, you may not discipline my precious boy. He was simply doing an epic cool thing for cool reasons.'" (from April) www.liberalcurrents.com/no-quarter-n...

"No Quarter, No Mercy": Understanding Pete Hegseth (Half the Answer #77, with Greg Sargent)

A bloodthirsty, homicidal maniac is in charge of our nation's military for some reason, and he just can't stop saying stuff that confirms that he deeply believes that extreme violence is awesome and G...

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Reach out to your senators and make it clear that its passing would be unacceptable. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-save-ame...

The SAVE America Act’s Assault on Voting Rights (Half the Answer #67A, with Hunter CG)

Trent and Caitlin chatted with Hunter CG of RoteRote Media and Democrats Abroad, looking at the GOP's latest assault on voting rights, the SAVE America Act. This act has passed the House of Representa...

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"Mines will get very, very quickly set about Burnham if he's not very clear about differentiating himself from Starmer." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-mancunia...

The Mancunian Candidate and the End of Keir Starmer (Half the Answer #94, with Hunter CG)

Exactly what is going on in England? Why is the Labour Party trying to behave like the Tories—or worse? Is Andy Burnham any better than Keir Starmer? We ask our European expert Hunter CG (RoteRote Med...

liberalcurrents.com

Today @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social talk to @marisakabas.bsky.social about what was possibly the most predictable scandal in American politics www.liberalcurrents.com/graham-platn...

Graham Platner: Walking Red Flag (Half the Answer #93, with Marisa Kabas)

Graham Platner is a parade of red flags stuffed into a pair of yellow rubber waders, and yet so many let those things slide with a tsk tsk at best. For others, he was a bad man with bad views who unfo...

liberalcurrents.com

Half the Answer #93: Graham Platner is a parade of red flags stuffed into a pair of yellow rubber waders, and yet so many let those things slide with a tsk-tsk at best. We ask Marisa Kabas of the Handbasket how it feels to have people suddenly come all the way around.

Graham Platner: Walking Red Flag (Half the Answer #93, with Marisa Kabas)

Graham Platner is a parade of red flags stuffed into a pair of yellow rubber waders, and yet so many let those things slide with a tsk-tsk at best. For others, he was a bad man with bad views who unfo...

liberalcurrents.com

You know what happens when @gillianbrockell.com joins @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and I on @halftheanswer.bsky.social. Some laughing, some tears, some consternation, and a lot of really valuable information that you’re not getting everywhere else. Oooo, plus you can hear about her new program too!

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 4w ago

Half the Answer #92: ICE flights are still happening and they are still horrifying. Gillian Brockell brings us updates on the major players in the game of torturing innocent people in the sky, their victims, and the regular people who do not want this abuse to continue.

Good Scissors Not In The Fucking Drawer https://theonion.com/good-scissors-not-in-the-fucking-drawer-1827516871/

Half the Answer #92: ICE flights are still happening and they are still horrifying. Gillian Brockell brings us updates on the major players in the game of torturing innocent people in the sky, their victims, and the regular people who do not want this abuse to continue.

Cattle Cars in the Sky (Half the Answer #92, with Gillian Brockell)

ICE flights are still happening and they are still horrifying. Gillian Brockell brings us updates on some of the major players in the game of torturing innocent people in the sky, their victims, and t...

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Spoke with Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes this morning and he doesn’t wanna come on @halftheanswer.bsky.social :( boo @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social

@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social is an S tier guest; talking w her about the green reflecting pool, what Greg Bovino’s up to & why the UFC fight at the White House was both disgusting & v boring is always top; @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social & @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social love a returning guest after all!

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · last mo.

Today @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social returns to talk with @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social about the 250th anniversary fiasco, Greg Bovino, and more www.liberalcurrents.com/americas-250...

Today @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social returns to talk with @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social about the 250th anniversary fiasco, Greg Bovino, and more www.liberalcurrents.com/americas-250...

America's 250th Birthday Party and The Green Reflecting Pool (Half the Answer #91, with Amanda Moore)

Why won't Gregory Bovino stay gone? Why can't Trump keep his pool clean? And how many fireworks is too many fireworks? We asked our friend and yours Amanda Moore to help us get to the bottom of these ...

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Why is Albania having anti-Jared Kushner protests? What did he do to them? And what on Earth is going on in the UK? @roterote.bsky.social talks with @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social about this and more today www.liberalcurrents.com/jared-kushne...

Jared Kushner and Albania's Flamingo Revolution (Half the Answer #90, with Hunter CG)

Why is Albania having anti-Jared Kushner protests? What did he do to them? And what on Earth is going on in the UK? We asked our resident Europe expert to explain it all to us. Half the Answer ca...

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The Reconstruction Papers is our answer to the necessities of the moment. The PDF is now free to the public. Read it now: www.liberalcurrents.com/content/file...

Really psyched to see that the @liberalcurrents.com Reconstruction Papers have just been released! Congrats to @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com and this whole team of great writers and thinkers for imagining how to rebuild post-Trump with ambition: www.liberalcurrents.com/the-pdf-of-t...

The PDF of The Reconstruction Papers Is Now Free to the Public

If you've been waiting to read The Reconstruction Papers, wait no longer.

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The Reconstruction Papers provides an ambitious but achievable path forward beyond the Trump era, but also beyond the decades of institutional decay that preceded it. Help us spread the word by pre-ordering a print copy today buy.stripe.com/7sY28s9AJd79...

New heat dropped via @liberalcurrents.com with @dannyfunt.bsky.social chatting up @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social about sports gambling and gambling in general. Spoiler alert: it’s not going great for most people but v good for gambling company executives

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · last mo.

Today @dannyfunt.bsky.social joins @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social to talk about how sports betting has grown so uncontrollably in the last five years www.liberalcurrents.com/the-legaliza...

Today @dannyfunt.bsky.social joins @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social to talk about how sports betting has grown so uncontrollably in the last five years www.liberalcurrents.com/the-legaliza...

The Legalization of Sports Gambling in America (Half the Answer #89, with Danny Funt)

How did sports betting burst onto the scene so violently in the last half-decade? Danny Funt, author of Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling explains the legal, regulatory ...

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LETS GO @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app @halftheanswer.bsky.social @liberalcurrents.com We talked SCOTUS amongst other things, as well as how the courts have always been political but not always the same size lol obviously

SCOTUS, Callais, And What's Next For Voting Rights And Other Civil Rights (with Madiba Dennie)

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Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 2mo ago

@caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social ask @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app how anyone can fight against race-based discrimination if disparate impact is ignored? Does SCOTUS expect us to catch the discriminators confessing on a voice recording carrot pen, Zootopia-style?