Lawrence O'Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell

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@lastwordmsnow.bsky.social MS NOW 10PM Author of 2 books: Deadly Force & Playing With Fire Former Executive Producer & Writer of NBC’s drama series The West Wing ms.now/Lawrence

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The Washington Post
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Breaking news: A federal judge barred the Trump administration from cutting, damaging or impairing any more trees at East Potomac Park without first obtaining a court order, challenging President Trump’s plan to remake the public golf course.

washingtonpost.comJudge halts tree removal, imposes new limits on Trump’s golf projectAfter clashing with Justice Department lawyers, U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes ruled the administration cannot cut down more trees at East Potomac Park or close the course without notice.

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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
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TONIGHT: MS NOW Pentagon Reporter Priya Sridhar talks to @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.

ms.now‘I was terrified’: Military families describe their harrowing evacuation from a Navy base in BahrainIn exclusive interviews with MS NOW, military family members said that after a hasty and traumatic evacuation from Naval Support Activity Bahrain in March they have been living out of hotels and short...

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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
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TONIGHT: @djrothkopf.bsky.social talks to @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.

David Rothkopf@djrothkopf.bsky.social

Did we really win the Cold War? Defeat fascism? Bury the Confederacy? In retrospect, thanks to Trump, MAGA and their enablers, perhaps none of those things. My latest. Hope you’ll give it a read. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/so-as-it-t...

davidrothkopf.substack.comSo, as it Turns Out, America Lost the Cold WarTrump is America’s Most Anti-Historical President...It’s Why He’s the Most Dangerous and Destructive
Lawrence O'Donnell
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social

USA won the Cold War but Putin kept fighting the Cold War then Trump surrendered.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

The Kremlin is counting the Trump administration’s latest turn against Ukrainian President Zelensky as a major triumph and, coupled with political upheaval in Europe, a sign that Western support for Ukraine is finally crumbling.

washingtonpost.comRussia, 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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Gil Durán
@gilduran.com

A piece in the November 2023 New York Review of Books catalyzed my interest in tech extremism and led to my book. It's great to see things come full circle with Sue Halpern's very positive review of "The Nerd Reich." The Plot to Delete Democracy www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

nybooks.comThe Plot to Delete Democracy | Sue HalpernIn The Nerd Reich Gil Durán shows how Silicon Valley billionaires have pushed a fringe ideology—what is popularly called techno-fascism but is closer in aspiration to straight-up totalitarianism—into ...

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Wow -- Hannity is moving in for the kill: "Why not just say 'I went to Pepperdine Law School and then took a different career path'? Why get into this long drawn-out thing about the difference between a lawyer and an attorney?"

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Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney.bsky.social

A judge has thrown out the Trump administration's lawsuit against New York City over its sanctuary policies, rejecting the federal govt's claim that the city's policies violated the Supremacy Clause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

storage.courtlistener.comMemorandum & Opinion AND Order on Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim – #79 in United States v. City of New York (E.D.N.Y, 1:25-cv-04084) – CourtListener.comMemorandum & Opinion AND Order on Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim

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Matt Szafranski
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Ossoff talking directly to @atrupar.com.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Ossoff: "I want everybody who is clipping this debate to roll that tape. You stood here right on this stage and you said 'a total ban, no exceptions, even for rape, even for incest, even to save the mother's life.' That was your position and now you are changing it."

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The Kyiv Independent
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⚡️French Navy intercepts Russian shadow fleet tanker in Indian Ocean. The tanker DF Peak, previously named Kaliningrad, has falsely sailed under the flag of Benin and is sanctioned by the U.S, EU, Switzerland, Canada, and Japan.

kyivindependent.comFrench Navy intercepts Russian shadow fleet tanker in Indian OceanThe tanker DF Peak, previously named Kaliningrad, has falsely sailed under the flag of Benin and is sanctioned by the U.S, EU, Switzerland, Canada, and Japan.

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Philip Gourevitch
@pgourevitch.bsky.social

“The opportunity for Democrats, Hinojosa believes, lies not with moderate, affluent Republicans put off by Trump’s norm-smashing vulgarity, but with disappointed MAGA populists.“ Encouraging @michellegoldberg.bsky.social report from Texas www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | No One Was Paying Attention to Gina Hinojosa a Month Ago. Now Republicans Are Worried.The Texas Democrat who says the culture wars are over.

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Garrett M. Graff
@vermontgmg.bsky.social

An amazingly stark example of how the US economy has broken: Zaslav clears nearly a *billion* dollars amid a CEO tenure where he made basically anything he touched worse, harmed multiple prestigious brands, led huge layoffs—but delivered a corrupt merger for shareholders. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

variety.comDavid Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. MergerDavid Zaslav will receive $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company's merger with David Ellison's Paramount was completed.

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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
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TONIGHT: @kurtandersen.bsky.social and Susan Morrison talk to @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.

Kurt Andersen@kurtandersen.bsky.social

Startling today — a daily Substack of the greatest Spy hits about the short-fingered vulgarian. Subscribe here: substack.com/@spymagazine... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/s...

nytimes.comDo You Miss Spy Magazine? For One Month, It’s Back. (Gift Article)To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its first issue, the long-defunct satirical monthly is resurfacing vintage articles about Trump on Substack.

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LateNighter
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Jon Stewart is set to sit down tonight with former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, whose recent resignation from the company—and stark warnings about the potential dangers of AI—drew national attention.

dlvr.itJon Stewart to Interview Anthropic Whistleblower on The Daily ShowJon Stewart is set to sit down tonight with former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, whose recent resignation from the company—and stark warnings about the potential dangers of AI—drew national attention.

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Philip Bump
@pbump.com

When Trump made campaign stops in 2018, one paper estimated that it sank 15 GOP candidates. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

washingtonpost.comAnalysis | Trump brags about getting Republicans elected. Research suggests his endorsements cost 15 seats.Trump spurred turnout with his endorsements — including for the Democratic candidate.
darth™️@darthbluesky.bsky.social

trump going on an emergency 17 state media tour to support republican candidates before the midterms and he is going with “nobody knows that dumb has a b on the end”

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Norm Eisen
@normeisen.bsky.social

BREAKING: we just struck the 1st blow against Trump's illegal impoundment of almost $1B appropriated by Congress to help average folks We & partners sued to stop him from flushing away vast sums in housing support. Housing! The court just SUSPENDED his illegal action while we fully brief the case