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@joanwalsh.bsky.social

National correspondent, The Nation. Co-producer of "The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show." Author: "What's The Matter With White People." Proud mom of Sadie, Stella and NoraWD.

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ah silly me I did not realize we were just on a little excursion

a carefree frolic, if you will. a weekend trip upstate to visit some wineries. things of this nature.

09.03.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 169    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 0
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Guess What Moderate Democratic Voters Aren’t Anymore? Moderate. Two new polls suggest that moderate Democrats, too, want higher taxes on the rich and some measure of economic populism. Moderate isn’t what it was in 1992.

Moderate Democrats with columns in newspapers are constantly saying the Democratic Party is way too liberal on "social" issues. Moderate Democratic voters in real life do not feel this way. With some polling data from @gelliottmorris.com and @dataforprogress.org. newrepublic.com/article/2074...

09.03.2026 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2754    πŸ” 691    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 85
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Rep. Kevin Kiley leaves GOP to become an independent, complicating Johnson's majority Rep. Kevin Kiley of California said Monday he was immediately leaving the Republican Party to become an independent.

If this guy wants to sniff a seat in Congress again ... he needs to not just leave the Republican Party ... he needs to stop caucusing with MAGA enablers in Mike Johnson's caucus.

Just leaving the Republican Party isn't enough.

09.03.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4

Aryan Nation central casting.

09.03.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Between him and the pandemic, I can understand how my 50's didn't exist and therefore don't feel this old.

09.03.2026 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The opening scene of my 2004 article 'Blind Into Baghdad' is an interview with Feith, at the Pentagon, on why it didn't make sense to plan for "the day after" in Iraq.

20+ years later, applying same 'logic' to Iran

See also: fallows.substack.com/p/the-arroga...

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

09.03.2026 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 457    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 4

I am so very sorry.

09.03.2026 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region

09.03.2026 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 18260    πŸ” 4621    πŸ’¬ 215    πŸ“Œ 133

This raises the obvious question of what kind of thing the Trump admin might need the National Transportation Safety Board to do that a conscientious Board member would reject.

09.03.2026 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1642    πŸ” 549    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 9
On March 8, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Six male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear
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On March 8, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Six male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear UNCLASSIFIED

We’re still murdering people in β€œdrug boats” even as we start a new war in Iran. Six people today.

09.03.2026 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2726    πŸ” 1242    πŸ’¬ 99    πŸ“Œ 66
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the president has no idea what he has set in motion. none.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

09.03.2026 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 25019    πŸ” 7467    πŸ’¬ 2463    πŸ“Œ 679

As a parent, keeping certain comments to myself rn

07.03.2026 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 225    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 0
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Where Trump's money comes from (and other mysteries) This week's newsletter covers a range of topics: The president's complex network of companies, how weather has gotten worse, a new tool to visualize the whole world at once. But I did reserve some tim...

Inspired by ProPublica’s new database, I created a visualization of the nearly 400 LLCs that make up Trump’s business empire.
That and more in this week’s newsletter. Read! Free!
www.howtoreadthisch.art/where-trumps...

07.03.2026 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1104    πŸ” 481    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 30

They're stealing the voice of Sinead O'Connor, who risked her own career in 1992 by speaking up about child sexual abuse in the Catholic church, so let's make this theft an occasion to keep talking about Trump in the Epstein files.

07.03.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 666    πŸ” 208    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 10
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So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

07.03.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 12361    πŸ” 4815    πŸ’¬ 550    πŸ“Œ 472
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β€˜America Doesn’t Want My Children or Grandchildren’ The Cruz family spent years building a life in New York. Then the risks of staying became too great.

I haven't cried since I visited the Renee Good memorial in Minneapolis. This piece made me sob. How are we letting this happen? www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

07.03.2026 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump and Hegseth revel in this.

07.03.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

The first 13 seconds of this are indistinguishable from a Vic Berger edit

07.03.2026 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here

β€œEverything we can save is worth saving. Everything we can do is worth doing. We’ve already lost a lot, but we don’t have to lose everything. We don’t have to surrender.” πŸ’―

- @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...

07.03.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 429    πŸ” 130    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 12
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You'll regret it About nothing it is hardly worth while to waste a word

My new favorite writer: open.substack.com/pub/samkriss...

07.03.2026 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 3

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

06.03.2026 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 13664    πŸ” 2973    πŸ’¬ 326    πŸ“Œ 185

OK, truth. I have been singing β€œA change gonna come” all day. Just hope. And yes, you know I am watching Reverend Jesse Jackson’s funeral because who am I?

06.03.2026 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

@joanwalsh.bsky.social fyi

06.03.2026 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

By morons for morons

06.03.2026 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1375    πŸ” 214    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 8
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Slurs Filled a Chat Created by a Republican Party Official in Florida

β€œSlurs Filled a Chat” as if by magic! Who can say how those slurs teleported into that chat! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

06.03.2026 03:47 β€” πŸ‘ 531    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 6
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@joanwalsh.bsky.social
Happy 7-year anniversary of the Belafonte taping. Thanks always.
NYT, Mar. 5, 2019, 6 pm.

06.03.2026 04:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments The FDA has taken down a webpage warning about therapies and products making β€œfalse claims” of treating autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...

The FDA webpage had a stark warning: Some purported autism β€œcures” or treatments, including chlorine dioxide and raw camel milk, are dangerous and make misleading claims.

Now, under RFK Jr.’s leadership, that advisory is gone.

06.03.2026 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1091    πŸ” 478    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 51

Keep saying this: @people.com understand the assignment when it comes to headlines + clarity.

Give them their props!

06.03.2026 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 119    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

It’s almost like he’s hoping for it so that he can have an excuse to use β€œemergency powers”

06.03.2026 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3873    πŸ” 1008    πŸ’¬ 292    πŸ“Œ 45

Sending a message back to 2015 would be something huh.

Hey guys, if you elect this washed-up reality tv star then ten years later People,com will end up leading the resistance against his fascist dictatorship.

06.03.2026 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0