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—John Stoehr

From the Editorial Board

Criminal president offers voters a piece of the illegal tariff action

If you accept, you would be complicit in a crime in which you are a victim.

The Editorial BoardJohn Stoehr

The more he fails to dominate, the more insane Trump gets

Can reporters see it? Yes, Mark Jacob told me. But they are afraid.

The Editorial BoardJohn Stoehr

The jig is nearly up. Trump is gonna take the money and run

If that’s all he does, the Republicans will be lucky.

The Editorial BoardJohn Stoehr

This is the best that whiteness can do

America put it all on the line for maga. This is it.

The Editorial BoardJohn Stoehr

From Bluesky

"'What we now know more than ever before, if we never knew it before, is that government can do things very quickly. It can [build] ballrooms. It can go to war overnight. It can fire hundreds of thousands of Black people in the course of months,' said Pearson." Truth. thegrio.com/2026/09/18/j...

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— James Goodwin (@jamesgoodwin.bsky.social) September 19, 2026 at 6:21 PM

We are ALL gonna have inconsistent politics. All of us. Either from simple ignorance or just the hypocrisy of being human. But you cannot be better than in seeking to become better. And that is where integrity lies. It’s fidelity to the journey of being better everyday.

— Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH (@geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app) September 19, 2026 at 7:54 PM

Rebranding to sell it. Trump is desperate because the US economy is now propped up by AI and all the talk of restrictions is making him sweat that he might end up the Recession President. It’s Covid all over again.

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— Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social) September 19, 2026 at 11:43 AM

RIYADH, Sept 19 (Reuters) - A large plume of smoke was visible near Riyadh's main airport on Saturday after booms were heard and Saudi Arabia sent alerts overnight warning of potential danger around the capital, amid an escalation in attacks by Yemen's Houthi ​group. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

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— The Editorial Board (@editorialboard.bsky.social) September 19, 2026 at 2:06 PM