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igor @ansellscow.bsky.social · 1h

theory and praxis

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igor @ansellscow.bsky.social · 1h

Has there ever been a cast of eunuchs more contemptible than congressional Republicans?

igor @ansellscow.bsky.social · 1h

at the height of Obamamania, democrats didn’t behave this sycophantically right? like I remember it was cringe but we are 10 years into GOP prostrating themselves in front of T. who enjoys watching this? just so very strange.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: What's your response to Gorsuch's expressing concern about Trump usurping congressional authority?

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't find myself in disagreement with Justice Gorsuch too often, but I think he missed the mark on this one

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igor @ansellscow.bsky.social · 18h

hence the “or only become politically involved in like 2017” 😊

igor @ansellscow.bsky.social · 18h

a man and a woman are standing next to each other with the words " we 're the same age " above them

ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other with the words " we 're the same age " above them

media.tenor.com

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 19h

Bill Kristol
@BillKristol
My inner social democrat enjoyed Mamdani quoting Eugene Debs last night. I recall my even-more-suppressed inner social democrat being pleased in 1990 when Debs was inducted during the first Bush administration into the Labor Department's Hall of Honor.

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igor @ansellscow.bsky.social · 1d

(not necessarily a dunk on @adotsad.bsky.social) 🫠

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igor @ansellscow.bsky.social · 1d

the trick about engaging politically on social media is to realize a large chunk of folks you interact with have either been born after 9/11 or only become politically involved in like 2017 so any reference to “before” may be meaningless to them.

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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 1d

So, people keep dunking on this but it's true that before the chip/tap era of cards, merchants would routinely ask to see IDs when paying with a credit card. There was actually a lot of controversy around this and different cards and merchants had different rules. Obviously now this is v antiquated.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "It's time for Republicans to do what they have to do and that's terminate the filibuster ... we should start tonight with 'the country's open, congratulations,' then we should pass voted ID, we should pass no mail in voting ... you go to a grocery store, you have to give ID."

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igor @ansellscow.bsky.social · 1d

this was literally v common only a decade ago!!

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igor @ansellscow.bsky.social · 1d

I attribute every promotion I get to the favor of St Reinhold Niebuhr. coworkers who write me nice peer reviews I call Children of Light, while folks who sit at my assigned desk on my in-office days I denounce as Children of Darkness.

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Roy Griffin @roygg9.bsky.social · 1d

Can they ever open their mouth without a fascist chestnut popping out?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sen. Mike Rounds: "I think people want to see the trains run on time."

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igor @ansellscow.bsky.social · 1d

not gonna be fun at the Barro/McArdle/Dreyfuss podcast recording this week 😢

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY

Dj @djsoke.bsky.social · 1d

Holy fuck Prince William County

Spanberger +33
Jones +25

Harris +15

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

MAGAs were always gonna MAGA no matter what, but I continue to be frustrated by the lack of accountability (or self reflection) of any of the "good faith, independent" pundits who worked tirelessly over the past decade to undermine every liberal, Dem, or non-Jewish minority the MAGAs asked them to.

AdotSad @adotsad.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe the outrage should have been taken more seriously huh

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igor @ansellscow.bsky.social · 3d

Lisa Murkowski voted for this.

Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 3d

"If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter."

--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

Dayanne Figueroa was on her way to get coffee before heading to work when she encountered a chaotic scene in West Town: heavily armed, masked federal agents making arrests on a residential street.
People yelled as vehicles honked their horn — a sign now used to alert neighbors that immigration federal agents are in the area — and witnesses said federal agents had arrested several landscaper workers presumed to be in the country without authorization.
As Figuero tried to drive through the 1600 block of West Hubbard Street on Friday, Oct. 10, an unmarked vehicle driven by federal agents collided with Figueroa’s as it tried to speed away from a hostile crowd, multiple videos reviewed by the Tribune show.
Seconds after the crash, agents abruptly stopped their vehicle and exited with weapons in hand pointing at Figueroa, a U.S citizen. Agents then forcibly opened her door and pulled her out of the vehicle by her legs without identifying themselves, presenting a warrant or informing her that she was under arrest. As bystanders yelled, “You hit her! We have it on video!” agents ignored the crowd and forced Figueroa into a red minivan and drove away.
Her car was left behind in the middle of the road, her coffee still in the cup holder, and her keys in plain view.
The Department of Homeland Security later released a statement claiming that Figueroa was at fault, saying “she crashed into an unmarked government vehicle and violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers.”

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 3d

we need to do reconstruction again

Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 3d

My column this week. Keep an eye on this Alabama constitutional amendment that would prevent naturalized citizens from holding most state offices. It feels like it has a much bigger target in its sights: the due process provisions of the 14th Amendment.