Politics Writer at Salon.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiatesfaye.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiatesfaye.bsky.social/post/3mvkogavdjc2jThere’s a reason ESPN let Ted Cruz get booed on air for 10 minutes https://www.salon.com/2026/09/15/the-billion-dollar-reason-disney-let-ted-cruz-hijack-espns-gameday/15 Sep 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:2elmui5si2go7s47hdoxl3vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkogavdjc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiatesfaye.bsky.social/post/3murniqssfs2yThis was the best week for corporate media in years. From NBC standing up for Kristen Welker to Bret Baier defending Fox reporters from Trump’s attacks to Maria Bartiromo getting the boot. The era of corporate complicity looks like its coming to an end https://www.salon.com/2026/09/05/maria-bartiromos-fox-exit-exposes-breakdown-of-trumps-media-machine/05 Sep 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:2elmui5si2go7s47hdoxl3vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3murniqssfs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiatesfaye.bsky.social/post/3muhm4de3us2vThe institutions that complied in advance are now standing firm in defiance. It’s a significant shift — and it’s clearly getting to Trump. https://www.salon.com/2026/09/01/trumps-attacks-on-the-press-suddenly-sound-more-frantic/01 Sep 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:2elmui5si2go7s47hdoxl3vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhm4de3us2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiatesfaye.bsky.social/post/3mu6phj4hes2x“The FBI is willing to give candidates a pass on prostitution, as long as they have not hired sex workers three or more times” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-candidates-prostitutes-theft/29 Aug 2026 01:19 +0000at://did:plc:2elmui5si2go7s47hdoxl3vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6phj4hes2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiatesfaye.bsky.social/post/3mu2vssj4as2jWe’ve had a raft of awful election news this week. Here are three cases to restore some faith in our system. Stories of Republicans hoisted with their own petards you may have missed. https://www.salon.com/2026/08/27/maga-influencers-are-still-paying-for-the-big-lie/27 Aug 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:2elmui5si2go7s47hdoxl3vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2vssj4as2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiatesfaye.bsky.social/post/3msvykgk5xc2nOn the anniversary of Charlottesville’s Unite the Right rally https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/12/politics/exclusive-splc-fraud-cfo-charges12 Aug 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:2elmui5si2go7s47hdoxl3vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvykgk5xc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiatesfaye.bsky.social/post/3msuehdidac2dThose who are going to vote for Republicans this year are going to do so completely independent of anything they say12 Aug 2026 05:10 +0000at://did:plc:2elmui5si2go7s47hdoxl3vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuehdidac2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiatesfaye.bsky.social/post/3msqacmx7kc2lhttps://www.salon.com/2026/08/10/hes-eligible-for-up-to-480k-for-being-wrongly-imprisoned-for-42-years-the-gop-ag-says-no-partner/10 Aug 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:2elmui5si2go7s47hdoxl3vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqacmx7kc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiatesfaye.bsky.social/post/3mslkwnzj6227The upcoming season of “60 Minutes” is off to a rough start https://www.salon.com/2026/08/08/the-ghost-of-60-minutes-is-about-to-haunt-bari-weiss/08 Aug 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:2elmui5si2go7s47hdoxl3vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslkwnzj6227https://bsky.app/profile/sophiatesfaye.bsky.social/post/3ms6k2gdiy226The headline is straight to the point, but @amandamarcotte.bsky.social has packed a whole lot into this one www.salon.com/2026/08/03/m... https://www.salon.com/2026/08/03/m..03 Aug 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:2elmui5si2go7s47hdoxl3vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6k2gdiy226https://bsky.app/profile/sophiatesfaye.bsky.social/post/3mqzomsrdy22vThis week alone offered multiple remarkably different examples of the same phenomenon. It’s not just that MAGA has grifters. It is that the grifters now help define the terms of power. https://www.salon.com/2026/07/19/magas-influencer-class-is-breaking-trumps-white-house/19 Jul 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:2elmui5si2go7s47hdoxl3vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzomsrdy22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiatesfaye.bsky.social/post/3mqsm477cvs2bIs Trump still speaking? Looks like Fox News cut him off17 Jul 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:2elmui5si2go7s47hdoxl3vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqsm477cvs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiatesfaye.bsky.social/post/3mqcopzrlwc2hAn important read @salon.com. So thankful to editor @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social for helping this find a home https://www.salon.com/2026/07/10/what-a-subway-ride-with-white-supremacists-taught-me-about-america/10 Jul 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:2elmui5si2go7s47hdoxl3vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcopzrlwc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiatesfaye.bsky.social/post/3mqc7j4bwmc2bWhy is every Democrat in Maine a former Republican10 Jul 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:2elmui5si2go7s47hdoxl3vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqc7j4bwmc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiatesfaye.bsky.social/post/3mptd7gtumk2lSince Donald Trump has turned our nation’s 250th anniversary into a celebration of himself — complete with grift — let’s imagine a Fourth of July that might have been @salon.com https://www.salon.com/2026/07/04/a-fourth-of-july-in-kamala-harris-usa/04 Jul 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:2elmui5si2go7s47hdoxl3vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptd7gtumk2l