Edwin Eisendrath
It's the Democracy, Stupid.
Radio: WCPT/ @heartlandsignal.bsky.social
Video podcast: @lincolnsquare.media
Substack: edwineisendrath.substack.com
Long ago: Chicago schoolteacher, alderman, CEO Chicago Sun Times, etc.
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- Yes, we already knew the lie was a lie. But good to have documentation - from Cato Institute, no less - when others come at us with the lie.
- Democracy? Dies in Darkness!
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- If you've ever been forced to spend time with your healthcare provider's robot chat bot before you could talk to a real life doctor and thought to yourself "I wish I could this more often", Dr. Oz is there for you.
- Shout out to my 93 yr old mom & the dozens & dozens of folks in Surprise, Arizona who protest Trump every single Saturday morning without fail. Like millions of Americans across the country, they will not let up. @maddowblog.bsky.social
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- "MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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- Mikie Sherrill, the newly inaugurated Democratic governor of New Jersey, said that her administration would soon begin collecting images of federal agents interacting with the public, cementing the state’s growing opposition to President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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- New from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries. This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
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- If this is the same Peter Attia MD who was just revealed as one of Bari Weiss's big new additions to CBS News, he can just tell the stories about the "outrageous" life Jeffrey Epstein led on the Evening News. Think of the ratings!
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- This heartwarming moment in Minneapolis the other night at the site where Alex Pretti was executed. This beautiful community coming together to honor the memory of an innocent soul. Minnesota strong and bound in solidarity. 💙
- Tuesday morning: New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.” Tuesday evening: CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
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- Would like to congratulate Greg Bovino as the new immigration correspondent for CBS news.
- One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
- The administration that spent the first half of 2025 telling us there was nothing wrong with coordinating literally classified war plans on Signal now is saying that it believes it’s a crime to post publicly available information on Signal.
- LIVE today at 11 am ET @eisendrath.net & @sjdemas.bsky.social finally discuss some good news— it’s bye-bye Bovino! open.substack.com/live-stream/...
- Duckworth on Senate Republicans: "I gotta be honest with you. When I talk to a few of my colleagues, they had not even seen the videos. It's almost like they put blinders on. They're uneasy."
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- When authorities used ICE's facial recognition app on a detained woman, it returned two different and incorrect names, raising serious questions about the accuracy of the app. Officials have said the app is better than a birth certificate. www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
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- Last week a strong bipartisan majority in the House passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for 3 years. But we need your help in the Senate:
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