Trevon Logan

Trevon Logan

@trevondlogan.bsky.social

Economist. Economic Historian. Lego Nerd. Sharing thoughts.

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“Liberals are the new racists…”

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

“Liberal are the new racists…”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump is straight up saying during speeches that he wants white people coming to the country but not black. I don’t know what else people need to see.

When the attack ad on Dr. Acton caught fire, the defenders latched onto Dr. Acton having said she lived in a tent as a child. “That was what her mother was talking about!” Now that we have evidence that Dr. Acton indeed DID live in a tent, what could her mother possibly be calling her a liar about?

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Vivek just released a new ad with Acton’s estranged mother that cut out the part where she claimed Acton lied about living in a tent after proof came out that she did live in a tent, so basically the bitter old hag is now just saying Acton lied at 12 about being sexually abused.

All Democrats running in purple and red states trying to do the “I’m Republican-ish” campaign strategy should look to Tim Ryan’s 2022 Senate campaign in Ohio. The pundits totally loved it! He lost. And it wasn’t close. Voters will not choose Republican-light when the real thing is on the ballot.

“Liberals are the new racists…”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Somalia -- 98% of the people here now from Somalia don't work. They don't have to work because they steal so much. They all have a Mercedes Benz. Low IQ and they live better than you do."

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Replying to @beyerstein.bsky.social

It's probably just plain old second degree murder. I can't fathom why he's being charged with manslaughter except ex-cop privilege.

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It’s a subject that makes a lot of people uncomfortable and calling them corrupt and evil is easier. But the truth is that Republicans have a rape problem—one that they celebrate.

penbucket.bsky.social@penbucket.bsky.social

Extraordinary. I can't believe your story may be the first time the Republican's acceptance of the rape and abuse of woman and children has been spoken of in such clear terms... considering how goddamn long it's been going on.

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Trump: "While oil prices are temporarily high ... the United States oil and gas business is making hundreds of billions of dollars"

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The only issue with this is the implication that the elite don’t actually believe this. They absolutely do believe the same gutter bullshit as the white poors— ignorance doesn’t stop at the trailer park

Max Berger@maxberger.bsky.social

It’s never been more clear that racism is a scam perpetrated by wealthy elites to convince working people to blame someone other than the wealthy elite.

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@gabrielzucman.bsky.social: So let met get that straight: paying a wealth tax is impossible (“billionaires have no liquidity”, “it would be taxing unrealized gains”, “their wealth is virtual”) but one man paying half a billion to influence elections is possible. Did I understand well?

This ad played during Indiana v. Michigan as well. The ad says that “liberals are the new racists” and it makes no endorsements about any candidate nor policy. The entire message is one of comfort and support for any and all White race grievances. That’s it.

Predictive Stupidity@onemoney.bsky.social

"I can't even show my face because my skin is white." The GOP, the party of white supremacy is blanketing football broadcasts (this time, Cincinnati v Texas Tech) with a message of pure racial hatred. They are trying to provoke a race war. The ad is paid for by America Next.

This is necropolitics in action.

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

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Incredible if predictable betrayal of public trust: you have industry lobbyists become appointees, exploit unitary executive theory to undermine environmental laws and ride roughshod over staff.

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

Maybe, just maybe, these “AI reviews are better than human ones” is because AI didn’t have to reset a password on some stupid website 57,284 times to download the paper and another 44,337 passwords to submit the review. Just a thought…

This is Ohio politics in 2026…

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

NEW: Vivek Ramaswamy says Amy Acton being a victim of childhood sexual abuse makes her “flawed” while defending his ad featuring her estranged mother. “In politics sometimes it's a tough sport.”

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😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

The New York Knicks are owned by a ghoul.

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social

this is fucking appalling. i already knew james dolan (who owns the knicks and madison square garden) was a douche but this is next-level. www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...

The Republican Party has reached an unprecedented level of depravation. They are now posing “gotcha” questions of why a 9 year old child would not report abuse. We are in a sick and disturbed state of affairs.

Whew! Even though I’m not surprised, this is a lot.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Ramaswamy put up a very powerful Ad about a mother saying that her daughter, Acton, is a liar, and much worse. The Press is trying to get him to 'take down the Ad.' Frankly, anybody whose mother spoke about daughter that way would normally lead to the daughter being precluded from serving"

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Statement from Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas: “I will not be intimidated. I will not be bullied. And I will not back down.”

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

Virginia State Senator L. Louise Lucas, a frequent critic of Trump who is one of the most powerful Democrats in the state, surrendered to authorities

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I've studied a lot of elections that were subverted & contested by white conservative lawlessness. And as this regime has repeatedly shown, we should expect more of the same. But when their efforts failed, it was bc people turned out & voted en masse, making repression dangerous & impossible.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Do not trust the polls. Do not allow yourself to become complacent. Vote early — and get your friends and family to vote. Do not let Elon, Big Tech, Big Oil, AI, and the billionaire class buy this election. We outnumber them — and we're the only ones that can put an end to this nightmare.

The target audience for these attacks on Dr. Acton are the terminally online folks who are also obsessed with defaming Jane Doe of Cornell. The vector that connects all of this right wing hatred is a vicious misogyny that instinctively yells “you’re a liar!” to any and every woman who is abused.

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social

even by normal oppo standards this story is bonkers — basically vivek and co (and acton’s shitty mother) are accusing acton of fabricating horrific stories of child sexual abuse that are clearly documented in court records

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The messed up thing is Amy Acton didn't even make her childhood sexual abuse a center piece of her campaign she was focused on the issues, vivek brought it up because he can't win on the issues.

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It really needs to be emphasized that the woman Vivek is featuring in these videos fled with an accused & indicted child rapist and successfully helped him avoid trial for 20+ years.

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social

even by normal oppo standards this story is bonkers — basically vivek and co (and acton’s shitty mother) are accusing acton of fabricating horrific stories of child sexual abuse that are clearly documented in court records

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The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

This is an incredibly important point. According to both Acton and her mother, their last meeting was after Acton testified against her stepfather in court. Her mother fled the state with her stepfather and they’ve had no contact since. Acton’s mother is raging against a 12 year old abuse victim.

Einaphets@einaphets.bsky.social

Let’s be clear, Amy Acton’s birth mother hasn’t been in her life for 48 years. So when the birth mother calls Amy a liar, she’s calling the 12 year old who was raped by her step-father a liar. Vivek has reached a new disgusting low, even for Republicans.

To be clear, they believe Acton’s mother has a right to “rebut” the story. They’ve decided to side with a woman who fled the state with her daughter’s abuser. Just disgusting from top to bottom.

Gutter trash. Anyone with any kind of knowledge of child abuse should know this is beyond disgusting. This is beneath contempt. They will bust Hell wide open.

The Downballot@the-downballot.com

Vivek Ramaswamy has not only confirmed the commercial with Amy Acton's estranged mother was made by his campaign, Axios also reports he's now spending $4 million to air it.

As the Ramaswamy campaign for Ohio Governor doubles down on their attack ads featuring his opponent’s estranged mother (replete with documented charges of child abuse and the termination of parental rights) I keep coming back to this: “We have never been that dead inside.” But here we are…sigh…

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😳 Trump loses it and SNAPS at a string of reporters, says Ilhan Omar might "go to jail," calls Somalia "a shit house," and boasts that thanks to a new program he announced today Americans "will make millions of dollars by turning others in" during absolutely deranged Oval Office event Supercut:

SHOT: The Republican establishment is now calling Dr. Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for governor, a liar. The claim? She was not abused by her stepfather. “There are no court records!” “Where is the evidence?” Beyond disgusting!