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Eric Alterman

@ericalterman.bsky.social

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the man, the legend....

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@ericalterman.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 12:05 PM

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@miaganga.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:27 PMReposted by @ericalterman.bsky.social

@anthonylfisher.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:35 PMReposted by @ericalterman.bsky.social

ABC News' lawyer told a judge the network is tempering its election coverage because of government threats. The Trump Censorship Industrial Complex is real...and expanding.

ms.nowOpinion | The Trump Censorship Industrial Complex is real. This ABC lawyer just admitted it.Anthony L. Fisher: ABC’s lawyer says the network is tempering its coverage of the government because of the administration’s threats.
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@cherijacobus.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:36 PMReposted by @ericalterman.bsky.social

KKK

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@rimaanabtawi.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 8:15 PMReposted by @ericalterman.bsky.social

They dragged him from his car, handcuffed him, blindfolded him with his own tie, pulled his court robe over his head, beat him and robbed him. For hours, some 15 settlers held the Palestinian lawyer captive and abused him

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

@ericalterman.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:11 PM

I grew up with Aaron Sorkin. He was one grade behind me thorugh high school. So when, in The Social Reckoning, he twice puts the words "working the refs" he should have quoted me and my explanation, because I'm pretty sure nobody watching it will get it.
www.americanprogress.org/article/thin...

@moniquemorrissey.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 2:03 PMReposted by @ericalterman.bsky.social

Useful short history of AIPAC from the author of We Are Not One, despite the title and weird ending I suspect were imposed on him by the NYT (it’s hard to imagine @ericalterman.bsky.social really believes AIPAC might ever play a useful role).

@ericalterman.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 1:56 PM

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@markkersten.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 12:11 AMReposted by @ericalterman.bsky.social

It's getting less attention bc it was a long time ago, but Navi Pillay was also an absolute trailblazer in the fight against Apartheid in South Africa, winning a ruling that brought those incarcerated on Robben Island, including Mandela, the right to counsel. She knows apartheid when she sees it.

@teamtalaricohq.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:38 PMReposted by @ericalterman.bsky.social

New documents reveal Ken Paxton has grown his net worth up to $27 million since taking office. His yearly salary is just $153,000.

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@dearlstephens.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 5:16 PMReposted by @ericalterman.bsky.social

📌Greg Abbott received a $7.4 million dollar judgement in 1985 when a tree fell on him putting him in a wheelchair. When he later ran for office, he was instrumental in passing tort reform laws capping insurance payouts for victims of accidents like his at $750,000. Enough of these horrible people.

@kyledcheney.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 5:02 PMReposted by @ericalterman.bsky.social

JUST UNSEALED: A judge ruled this week that the first Trump admin's "Remain in Mexico" policy illegally subjected thousands of people – many with meritorious asylum claims — to horrifically dangerous and violent conditions and deprived them of access to attorneys.

cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/legal-doc...

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@maddow.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 4:44 PMReposted by @ericalterman.bsky.social

projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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@rbreich.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 7:15 PMReposted by @ericalterman.bsky.social

22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million so far to defeat Prop 40. By spending their fortunes trying to stop California from taxing billionaires, they're making the argument for a billionaire wealth tax more clearly and articulately than anyone else possibly could.

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@ericalterman.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 2:15 PM

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@ericalterman.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 11:10 AM

www.cjr.org/feature/gaza...

@kevinmkruse.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 8:57 PMReposted by @ericalterman.bsky.social

Just the president urging Americans to take matters into their own hands to “fight back” against a small community of immigrants in their midst. No big deal.

@nytopinion.nytimes.comOct 5, 2026, 5:15 AMReposted by @ericalterman.bsky.social

“The question facing AIPAC is not simply whether it can find a way to adjust to this new political world," Eric Alterman writes, “but more fundamentally, whether it can even see the changes demanded by these new circumstances?”

@ericalterman.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:29 PM

The time I was in the Green Room and handed the man his guitar when it came time for:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxaQ...

@ericalterman.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 12:42 PM

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