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Posts by Sophia Tesfaye

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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Has Resigned A Labor Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Trump getting rid of every woman in his Cabinet is too predictable. Of course they all deserve it. Linda McMahon too www.notus.org/lori%20chave...

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U.S. Navy destroyer repeatedly warned an Iranian-flagged cargo ship to stop over a six-hour period on Sunday before firing on the ship's engine room, disabling the Iran-bound vessel to allow helicopter-borne Marines to board and seize it, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. When the crew of the Touska, the Iranian ship, ignored the American warnings, a destroyer fired its MK 45 gun into the cargo ship's engine room, Central Command said. On Sunday, Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit were conducting a search of the vessel, which is now in American custody.
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U.S. Navy destroyer repeatedly warned an Iranian-flagged cargo ship to stop over a six-hour period on Sunday before firing on the ship's engine room, disabling the Iran-bound vessel to allow helicopter-borne Marines to board and seize it, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. When the crew of the Touska, the Iranian ship, ignored the American warnings, a destroyer fired its MK 45 gun into the cargo ship's engine room, Central Command said. On Sunday, Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit were conducting a search of the vessel, which is now in American custody. 1 hour ago

One of the most blatant examples of sane-washing I've ever seen from the NYT.

This was an unarmed cargo vessel in international waters, crewed by noncombatants!

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Why Fox News is so mad at Abigail Spanberger Virginia’s new governor accused of bait-and-switch by right-wing media

In the conservative media ecosystem, the distinction between talking points and reality is beside the point. The goal is to “flood the zone” and create so much noise that the truth struggles to break through.

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Why Fox News is so mad at Abigail Spanberger Virginia’s new governor accused of bait-and-switch by right-wing media

The right is successfully running its Biden playbook on Virginia’s first woman governor and sinking her favorability rating www.salon.com/2026/04/15/w...

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Now ask a Black person

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still laugh every time

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Trump’s cable-news Cabinet tries to sell a war The Trump administration’s media strategy on Iran reveals as much about the conflict’s weaknesses as its goals

They're selling, we ain't buying. @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social .
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Tennessee GOP Rep. Andy Ogles says Muslims ‘don’t belong’ in America The Tennessee Republican recently introduced legislation banning immigration from some Muslim-majority nations.

Muslims, like my mother-in-law's family, are welcome here.

Anti-American bigot Andy Ogles, on the other hand, can crawl back under his rock.

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Owens understood that the QAnon people needed something new to think about

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Mainstream media rallies for war, again Why Donald Trump isn't bothering to make the case for war against Iran

"There is a ritual in American war-making that predates the particular pathology of Trumpism. The targets shift and the platforms move from broadcast television to social media, but the punditry lusting for regime change fantasies feels eerily familiar."

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On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.”

A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees.

The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

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Super Bowl bursts popular right-wing media myth Conservative commentators and podcast bros backtrack on what they've said about San Francisco

Superb work by @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social at @salon.com: scales fall from the eyes of San Francisco detractors when they see - surprise! - the beauty of the city, while the cognitive dissonance is too much for some. www.salon.com/2026/02/10/s...

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MAGA blame game shows Trump in retreat Trump and Vance back down and blame unnamed staffers for controversial posts

“This is a movement that thrives on provocation but panics when that very provocation carries consequences. The MAGA coalition wants the thrill of trolling without the cost of being held responsible,” @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social writes.

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Super Bowl bursts popular right-wing media myth Conservative commentators and podcast bros backtrack on what they've said about San Francisco

www.salon.com/2026/02/10/s...

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Don Lemon’s arrest turned into a MAGA misfire Pam Bondi’s track record of prosecuting Trump's revenge is abysmal

Don Lemon’s arrest backfires, exposing MAGA’s desperation www.salon.com/2026/02/02/d...

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Pam Bondi's shakedown exposes "Big Lie" in Minneapolis The attorney general’s voter-roll demand shows how Trump’s 2020 election denial fuels federal coercion and violence

Why Trump won’t leave Minneapolis alone www.salon.com/2026/01/28/p...

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Right-wing media silos leave MAGA flailing on ICE MAGA’s whack-a-mole defense of immigration raids is backfiring

The most revealing aspect of the right’s current meltdown over anti-ICE protests is their confusion. MAGA world is flailing and sputtering, trapped inside a media ecosystem that no longer reaches reality.

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MAGA angers the NRA over Minneapolis shooting The Trump administration’s response to killing of Alex Pretti betrays the right’s Second Amendment rhetoric

MAGA’s lies about Minneapolis shooting reveal the truth about the NRA www.salon.com/2026/01/26/m...

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Thank you!

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Right-wing media silos leave MAGA flailing on ICE MAGA’s whack-a-mole defense of immigration raids is backfiring

MAGA’s whack-a-mole defense of immigration raids is backfiring

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MAGA is weirdly thirsty for Barron Trump The right desperately wants the youngest Trump son to be a sex symbol

I've been working on this for months, after my colleague @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social told me that Fox News pays bizarre attention to Barron's sex life.

Digging it, it gets weirder than I thought.

But it makes sense, given MAGA's jealousy of mainstream America.

www.salon.com/2026/01/12/m...

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She stayed on his ass. Great job by Kristen Welker here

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Me, waiting for my son (3) to get home from preschool so I can play this video for him.

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America First: MAGA wants to be a colonial power First Venezuela, now Greenland: Trump is promoting an international Manifest Destiny updated for the 21st century

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The mass media's blind spot on Trump's Venezuela escalation Iraq-era mistakes of blind deference by the mainstream press are back

Yep, Media should Stop focusing on Maduro,
and Focus on Trump's Imperialism and evil intent to conquer the world by force.
www.salon.com/2026/01/05/t...

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The mass media's blind spot on Trump's Venezuela escalation Iraq-era mistakes of blind deference by the mainstream press are back

The story the American media is missing about Venezuela right now www.salon.com/2026/01/05/t...

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Social media's reckoning may have arrived — thanks to Elon Musk Foreign bots have long plagued X. Musk has introduced a potential fix

MAGA HAVE TURNED ON THE BOTS: Monetization on X is largely driven by engagement, and nothing gets people engaged like riling them over culture wars. It’s been a near-perfect feedback loop in the second Trump administration — until MAGA started turning against Trump. 
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Pope Leo takes aim at MAGA’s false gospel The American Pope is confirming MAGA's worst fears

"One week after Trump claimed that climate change was a “con job” during an address at the UNGA, Leo said that he hoped the Vatican conference would get leaders to “listen to the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor.” @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social

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Priced Out of Phone Calls Home - Bolts The FCC blocked Biden-era limits on the exorbitant rates and fees charged by prison telecom companies, leaving incarcerated people and their families to fight for state-level reforms.

Many such cases in the regulatory state boltsmag.org/north-caroli...

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