NGMcClernan

NGMcClernan

@nmcclernan.bsky.social

Writer. And New Yorker. https://ngmcclernan.com

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One of the most important financial stories out there if you want to know how and why the same five evil guys wind up owning everything.

Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social

“Billionaires who popularized stock-based lending include Larry Ellison and Elon Musk. Both borrow to avoid having to sell shares—which could trigger a taxes and dilute their voting rights—in companies they founded.” www.wsj.com/finance/the-...

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It’s hilarious that Trump got off his ass and voted early in-person yesterday. It shows how much he was burned by attention focused on his voting by mail in the primary even though he was in Florida. He’s on the run.

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Nothing and no one should stand between New Yorkers and their right to vote — least of all the government.
 Early voting is happening now through November 1. Election Day is November 3. See you at the polls!

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Replying to @adamrutherford.bsky.social

*cough* It's a free to register event which must have a finite limit. So if many people were to register attendance then be unavoidably busy on the night in question and unable to go, well, that would be a shame wouldn't it? *cough*

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Just sick. “The Kremlin is counting the Trump administration’s latest turn against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a major triumph and, coupled with political upheaval in Europe, a sign that Western support for Ukraine is finally crumbling.” wapo.st/3UzKQa4

wapo.stRussia, sensing victory, cheers Trump’s latest shift against UkraineKremlin officials are crowing that Western support of Ukraine is about to collapse, and Trump’s recent moves are steps to closer alignment between Russia and the United States.

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Wow. “A small group of U.S. national security officials has been discreetly advising state governments & congressional lawmakers on how to prepare for the possibility that the Trump administration will attempt to interfere in November’s midterm elections.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

washingtonpost.comU.S. officials quietly advise states fearing Trump election meddlingTheir private efforts have reached governors, election stewards and lawmakers from both parties who are increasingly alarmed that the administration may interfere in the midterms.

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It's only a difference of degree between Bari Weiss actively pursuing the conspiracy theories on X and other reporters passively having their worldview warped by the insanities they're exposed to there

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social

Of course Bari Weiss has pushed CBS reporters to pursue the James Talarico was in a mental hospital and Abdul El-Sayed is tied to the Muslim Brotherhoid stories. Of course she has. www.semafor.com/article/10/1...

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“Using an advanced surveillance capability such as a cell-site simulator against members of the free press for reporting stories that are unfavorable to the president is an appalling attack on the First Amendment...” www.wired.com/story/feds-g...

wired.comFeds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s ProducerInvestigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate.

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“It looks dangerously like the construction of an internal spying agency...” "It’s also a weapon that the government will likely use against not only undocumented immigrants, but everyone else, too. That includes political enemies, intelligence experts said... prospect.org/2026/10/14/i...

prospect.orgICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy Program - The American ProspectUnder ERO ONE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 142 intelligence contractors with top secret clearances and deploy them in cities across the country.

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Homeowners and small businesses, are you stuck under a pile of debt you owe the city? This is your chance to get back in good standing. With DEBT DEMOLISHER, you have until January 10, 2027 to pay off city debt at DISCOUNTED RATES & clear interest. Check your eligibility at nyc.gov/debtdemolisher

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Hindsight is easy, but I do think a lot about what a cataclysmic mistake it was for the Democratic establishment to concede instantly, in 2016, that "basket of deplorables" was a gaffe. It could have been used to own a hard truth, with nobody backing down from it.

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Replying to @petersagal.bsky.social

I do think it's a fair question to ask what the effect might have been if major media including the NYT had used the word lie from the very beginning and treated the lies as major events. You can say, "Oh, we'd all be numb." But are we any less numb because euphemisms were deployed?

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The #BrokenTimes turns Zacharia's fraud into a joke: a "whole mishegas" that is "misleading at best." No, it is a lie. The NYT so loves letting the ruling fascists off the hook. Trump’s New Press Secretary: Not-Quite Attorney at Law www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/u...

nytimes.comKatie Zacharia Is Trump’s New Press Secretary. But Is She a Lawyer?Katie Zacharia told The New York Times that the confusion over her legal credentials was the result of one big misunderstanding.

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Hot off the presses! Just received my author copy from the publisher -- can't believe it's almost ready to be out in the world 🥹 Pub date is Tuesday, November 10th -- pre-order details and book tour dates and locations here: www.ms.now/department-o...

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The New York Times@nytimes.com

Breaking News: Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration is making a $30 million investment to build a quantum research lab at New York University. In exchange, the city will receive 15% of any proceeds from intellectual property developed in that lab.

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I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

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Hey have you noticed that what’s moral and good and consistent with the “natural order” is giving me your money so I can get richer? Weird coincidence wow bsky.app/profile/moth...

Mother Jones@motherjones.com

To "revel in the death of those who truly deserve it...is normal, good, and aligned with our natural and national order," Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey wrote on X.

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Former “free speech” crusaders have ushered in an unprecedented campaign of censorship in Texas universities, resulting in pulitzer winning books being banned, medical and scientific facts being suppressed, and entire fields of study deemed “woke” being eliminated www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

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Six in ten Americans believe Baal the Soul Consumption Demon may be consuming souls, three in ten say Baal would never do that, one in ten say they don’t know bsky.app/profile/carl...

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I left x despite having a large following bc I don’t want to make free content for the world’s wealthiest racist. It’s not worth it to me.