Unfiltered news. Bold opinions. A new media organization from @mehdirhasan.bsky.social https://zeteo.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtz35lut5k2l“I don’t know why you would take that meeting.” ‘Pod Save America’ co-host and Obama speech writer @jonfavs.bsky.social tells @johnjharwood.bsky.social why Hakeem Jeffries’ controversial meeting with Jared Kushner makes no sense. 🔗: https://zeteo.com/p/is-trumps-war-handing-democrats-their26 Aug 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz35lut5k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtyweg47zc2bDolly Parton made fame mean something. The queen of country music used her superstar platform to champion literacy, education, animal welfare, healthcare & vaccine research — leaving a legacy rooted in kindness & dignity. Her family announced Tuesday that she died at 80: https://zeteo.com/p/dolly-parton-dies-at-80-here-are26 Aug 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyweg47zc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtyrpukakk2fHannah Einbinder defended Mark Ruffalo from Paramount’s baseless accusation of antisemitism. Now, she’s facing attacks from right-wingers like Ben Shapiro, who publicly questioned her Jewish identity. Rewatch Hannah call out celebrities who won’t speak out against the Gaza genocide:26 Aug 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyrpukakk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtyhh6qvsk25Dolly Parton Dies at 80. Here Are 9 Ways She Changed America and the World for the Better. https://open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/dolly-parton-dies-at-80-here-are?r=604svp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web26 Aug 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyhh6qvsk25https://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtygyxkfus2z"That makes you sound insanely racist, Doug Wilson." @mehdirhasan.bsky.social presses Doug Wilson on his defense of the Confederacy and his writing on slavery in the American South. Watch the full discussion: https://zeteo.com/p/christian-nationalism-doug-wilson-hegseth26 Aug 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtygyxkfus2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtyfotswrk2oFirst Draft: Dems Obsess Over Hasan Piker, Give Trump and Rogers a Pass The opposition party is more focused on marginalizing anti-Israel voices on the left than taking back power. Plus, Darline Graham wins in South Carolina, writes @andrewperez.bsky.social: https://zeteo.com/p/dems-obsess-over-hasan-piker-give26 Aug 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyfotswrk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtx5aa3jpc2oPalestinian painter Sliman Mansour, a defining voice in modern Palestinian art, has died at 79 after a long illness. For 50 years, he painted Palestine through its landscapes, people, traditions and history, turning memories of displacement into powerful expressions of identity and resilience.26 Aug 2026 01:04 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtx5aa3jpc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtwvoixtvc2j@markruffalo.bsky.social spoke out. Now he’s facing a smear campaign. After criticizing the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger, Ruffalo rejected Paramount’s accusation of antisemitism. Last year @mehdirhasan.bsky.social spoke with the actor-activist on why he stands with Gaza: https://zeteo.com/p/exclusive-mark-ruffalo-says-boycott25 Aug 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwvoixtvc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtwtlv3yqc2n“Crypto is about a handful of billionaires using their ill-gotten crypto wealth to take control of the government.” Billionaires are trying to hasten institutional collapse to reshape society around greater private control, argues @gilduran.com author of ‘Nerd Reich’. https://zeteo.com/p/nerd-reich-author-gil-duran25 Aug 2026 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwtlv3yqc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtwnxbmlbs2f“While ordinary taxpayers must pay income tax, the truly rich have ample opportunities to avoid it: For them, income tax is optional.” As inequality rises across the world, Zeteo’s new contributor @gabrielzucman.bsky.social explains why billionaires must be taxed. Read: https://zeteo.com/p/why-we-need-to-tax-billionaires-zucman-excerpt25 Aug 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwnxbmlbs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtwj53yf722dFrom forecasting the apocalypse to rambling about the Antichrist, these AI billionaires have lost the plot. Subscribe to zeteo.com for more unfiltered journalism.25 Aug 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwj53yf722dhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtwcqsw2ck23Why ‘We Need To Tax Billionaires’ Meet the top economist - and newest Zeteo contributor! - who is making the intellectual, political, and financial case for a wealth tax. Read this exclusive excerpt from @gabrielzucman.bsky.social's latest book: https://zeteo.com/p/why-we-need-to-tax-billionaires-zucman-excerpt25 Aug 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwcqsw2ck23https://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtvzciffd22wMehdi: What about [gay people’s] right to be with their partner? Pastor Douglas Wilson: No. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social challenges Pastor Douglas Wilson – who preached at Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon this year – on women’s rights, gay rights, and slavery. Watch their debate: https://zeteo.com/p/christian-nationalism-doug-wilson-hegseth25 Aug 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvzciffd22whttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtvvge5q3c23Abdul El-Sayed Went on Fox and Cut Through Jesse Watters's Bullshit The Michigan Senate candidate went into the lion’s den. Elsewhere, Trump got on with losing his trade war with Canada and rattled a rusty saber at Iran. 'First Draft' from @martinpengelly.bsky.social: https://zeteo.com/p/abdul-el-sayed-went-on-fox-and-cut25 Aug 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvvge5q3c23https://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtujm3ctyk2aThe U.S. and many of its Western allies have shown they’ll only call a genocide a genocide when it suits them, writes international law expert @alonso-gd.bsky.social on Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day. Read: https://zeteo.com/p/two-genocide-rohingya-gaza-west-hypocrisy25 Aug 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtujm3ctyk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtuaaxn3m22w“Much like the depressed [George] Costanza sitting in the coffee shop, an angry Trump may now be sitting in the Oval Office wondering where it all went wrong.” Trump can save face over his disastrous War — all he has to do is employ the Costanza technique. Read: https://zeteo.com/p/trump-iran-george-constanza-opposite-seinfeld24 Aug 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuaaxn3m22whttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtu4favaps22“In the 1980s, could you be on the left and be pro apartheid South Africa?” @mehdirhasan.bsky.social challenges Times Radio host Hugo Rifkind over his claim that the Democratic Socialists of America are too focused on Israel. Subscribe to zeteo.com24 Aug 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtu4favaps22https://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mttqrc67xc2l“You want to repeal the 19th amendment so that a woman wouldn't be able to vote…How is that not discrimination?” @mehdirhasan.bsky.social calls out Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson—who preached at Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon in February— on his misogynist views. https://zeteo.com/p/christian-nationalism-doug-wilson-hegseth24 Aug 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttqrc67xc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mttg5zuu7c27Trump Needs to Channel His Inner George Costanza to End His Disastrous Iran War In ‘Seinfeld,’ George does the opposite of his instincts to get what he wants. Trump should do the same, as everything he has done so far has been a disaster. Do the opposite! Read: https://zeteo.com/p/trump-iran-george-constanza-opposite-seinfeld24 Aug 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttg5zuu7c27https://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mttf46yuwc2dFirst Draft: 🍁 It’s a Huge Scandal That Trump Is Plunging Us Into ‘War’ With Canada The president has opened up another front in his economic hellscape. Plus, Hakeem Jeffries’s secret meeting with Jared Kushner. Read today's 'First Draft' from @swin24.bsky.social: https://zeteo.com/p/its-a-huge-scandal-that-trump-is24 Aug 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttf46yuwc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtqy7kf7bk2wThis week in Palestine: - Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir urged the killing of Palestinians - Israel opened the bidding process for the construction of housing units on the illegal E1 settlement in the West Bank - a Palestinian teenager was killed in a settler attack 🔗: https://zeteo.com/p/this-week-in-palestine-israel-kills-gaza-kushner-settlers23 Aug 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqy7kf7bk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtownccxwk2nRoy Altman, appointed by Trump, has broadcasted live from his office, appearing on pro-Israel programs to promote his book denying the Gaza genocide. Prem Thakker looks into the judge who says anti-Zionism is antisemitism and keeps taking other judges on trips to Israel: https://zeteo.com/p/judge-roy-altman-trump-israel22 Aug 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtownccxwk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtohd5tcws2dA Federal Judge Is Promoting His Pro-Israel Book Live From His Judicial Chambers Trump-appointed Roy Altman has called keffiyehs a ‘terrorism scarf’ on pro-Israel podcasts, says anti-Zionism is antisemitism, and keeps taking other judges on trips to Israel. Read now: https://zeteo.com/p/judge-roy-altman-trump-israel22 Aug 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtohd5tcws2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtmxtlyy622dThis week in the U.S., - the DOJ tried to question FBI officers tied to the 2022 search of Mar-a-Lago - the Supreme Court allowed construction on Trump’s White House ballroom - AG Todd Blanche refused to pledge that the DOJ would act independently of the White House Read: https://zeteo.com/p/this-week-in-democracy-week-83-supreme22 Aug 2026 00:01 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmxtlyy622dhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtmio2pomk2oIf Democrats win the House, they need a blueprint for investigating Trump’s corruption and carnage. They must take it as a clear mandate that voters want accountability from day one. Constitutional law professor Kim Wehle dives into the investigations they should launch. https://zeteo.com/p/heres-a-blueprint-for-what-democrats21 Aug 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmio2pomk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtmhotrcs22oIf voters tell Dems to do something about Trump’s corruption and carnage, they must act on day one. Constitutional law professor Kim Wehle dives into the investigations they should immediately launch. https://zeteo.com/p/heres-a-blueprint-for-what-democrats21 Aug 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmhotrcs22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtlv24ofqk2zJoe Gebbia, the first chief design officer of the U.S., has gone all-in on Trump, promoting racist takes and conspiracy theories online. @taylorlorenz.bsky.social takes a closer look into the billionaire and what his new role can mean for the upcoming elections. Read: https://zeteo.com/p/airbnb-joe-gebbia-red-pill-trump-doge21 Aug 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlv24ofqk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com/post/3mtltitfxlc2u⬇️ Trump Advisers Worry He Could ‘Sink to the High 20s’ The president’s favorability has somehow stayed above 30% in the polls but economic pain and policy paralysis mean allies fear worse. Read today's 'First Draft' from @swin24.bsky.social: https://zeteo.com/p/trump-advisers-worry-he-could-sink21 Aug 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtltitfxlc2u