CharleyM

CharleyM

@cmonagan.bsky.social

Claude Rains, Judy Davis, Bill Bradley, Ray Davies, Aubrey/Maturin, big breakfasts, great centerfielders. Author of First They Kill You, Carrie Welton, The Easter Confession, How to Get a Monkey Into Harvard and The Neurotic's Handbook, among others.

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Just a reminder - not a remainder.

CharleyM@cmonagan.bsky.social

Just published - "First They Kill You." My story of two cancers and stem-cell replacement. It's got self-doubt and bad dreams, medical marvels, helpful hallucinations and the love of family and friends. I judge it a damn good read but that's just me talking. www.amazon.com/First-They-K...

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Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia. I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.

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It’s exhausting to wake up every morning and see what new hell Trump has triggered while his GOP enablers applaud or stand idly by. Please vote so we can start the necessary accountability agenda.

Got another one of those $90 government payments today - that makes one for me and one for my wife. Trump thinks $180 will buy him two votes for GOP. But we will send it to the campaign of the most anti-Trump candidate we can find.

Got my $90 check from the federal government today. So insulting that Trump thinks this will somehow sway me toward his contemptible regime. I will send it to a candidate who'd strongly opposed to him.

It’s hard to digest the news that Trump wants snipers stationed at the top of his massive arch. He’s like a mentally disturbed middle school boy.

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Election balloting can be ornate and complex, but I've checked with the League of Women Voters and in every state, it is permissible to take a guide into the voting booth with you. I hope this can be of some assistance:

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I don’t like anything about this

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

(CNN) - The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during .. Pearl Harbor .. .. there have been internal conversation about renaming it to honor Trump.” @halbritz.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...

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Sorry just to be clear - is it THIS @billoreilly telling @chrisccuomo he's so horrified at "gutter snipe" @jonossoff for mentioning (doting Trump sycophant) Natalie that he'd vote for Putin over him? Or is it a different Bill O'Reilly? Just want to make sure we're accurate in our reporting!

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A reminder for Democratic Party leadership: New research from Yale found that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. It's no surprise why the majority of Americans — including 90% of Democrats — support it.

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A bunch of cops cheering at a political rally — in uniform — as the president and AG endorse a candidate and attack their political opponents is not normal. And it is not okay.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche is speaking at a Trump rally to endorse Bruce Blakeman

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Last night, the GOP members of the Senate approved Trump’s effort to destroy the rule of law in the US, wreck the Justice Dept., enable rampant corruption, defend pedophiles, and attack the president’s enemies. And they know they did those things. An egregious violation of their oaths of office.

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RFK is getting rid of organ donation programs and vaccine requirements for lethal diseases. He credits heroin for helping him study in college. Fauci was a principal architect PEPFAR, a program credited with saving an estimated 25 million lives. One is being investigated.

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One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

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GM CEO Mary Barra is introducing Trump at his rally. Something to keep in mind if you're in the market for a vehicle anytime soon.

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They arrested a guy for touching the reflecting pool but not the cops who killed two protesters.

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com

"Jonathan Ross, the agent identified as Renee Good’s killer, has not been arrested for his crimes or even fired from his job. As far as I know, neither have Jesus Ochoa or Raymundo Gutierrez, the men identified as Alex Pretti’s killers." www.liberalcurrents.com/every-act-wh...

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"He appeared destitute of all powers of reasoning, incapable of any intellectual exercise, and especially of any such effort as might enable him to break through his concentrated selfishness, and feel or show sympathy with any living being." - London Times describing Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz, 1872

"He appeared destitute of all powers of reasoning, incapable of any intellectual exercise, and especially of any such effort as might enable him to break through his concentrated selfishness, and feel or show sympathy with any living being." - London Times describing Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz, 1872

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Donald Trump converted the White House into a money-making operation for himself, his family, and his closest advisors and biggest campaign donors. It's endless corrupt self-enrichment from a president who says he doesn't "think about Americans' financial situation.” No kidding.

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It’s so funny how, this deal is very typical of trump (cave after a bit of pressure from the other side because you’re a total wimp, give them everything they want now in exchange for them giving vague promises of future action) and now it’s so utterly obvious even the post can’t spin it

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Wow: the cover of today’s NY Post.