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brand & content director @arcadia // formerly @spotify // monthly-ish music newsletter: http://hearhear.substack.com // views my own 🎧🍿⚡️

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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 15d

new Hear Hear!

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🍿 @gracespelman.bsky.social's top film scores

🎸 @marissarmoss.bsky.social on Margo Price

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+ more!

Playlists for Peak Fall 2025 🍂

+ mixes from Chris DeVille // Rex Orange County // Grace Spelman // Lindsay Zoladz

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 40m

On Lear deBessonet’s “Ragtime” revival at Lincoln Center Theater. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/t...

‘Ragtime’ Review: Checking the Status of Our American Dream

www.nytimes.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1h

more of this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 9h

OK, here we go...

I'm excited to launch Climate-Colored Goggles, a newsletter about climate and culture. I'll be writing about climate solutions in pop culture, media & sports. America's most influential storytellers need to get in the game.

Sign up here: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 11h

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer. @nicolefoy.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

www.propublica.org

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 10h

This isn't just a shallow substitute for "real" activism. A large popular movement, simply by showing its size, erodes pillars of regime support.

Anyway, find your local 10/18 protest here: www.mobilize.us/nokings/

No Kings June 14 · No Kings on Mobilize

Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with No Kings.

www.mobilize.us

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 10h

Part of the utility for huge protests like No Kings is that they undermine the fundamental basis of Trump's power, which is elite consent. If universities, private companies, government officials, etc. think they could get caught up by a popular backlash they're less likely to comply w/ the regime.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 10h

No one in those three groups (assuming "violent criminals" means people who have been convicted of felonies) can vote in US elections. Apologies for pointing out the obvious, but we should remember that there was once a time when shameless lies like this would get people ostracized from public life.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 13h

This is a must read and a 5 alarm fire. The Supreme Court is on the verge of allowing vote dilution and eliminating majority Black districts in the South.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...

Opinion | The Shadow of Jim Crow Looms Over the Supreme Court

www.nytimes.com

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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 14h

i made a music-specific starter pack of folks to follow!

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 14h

I have a theory!!!!!

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 14h

NEWS: CBS News head of standards Claudia Milne has quit. It was announced in the network’s 9 am editorial meeting. Bari Weiss was not on the call. According to a source, Milne gave thanks but did not say why she’s leaving the network.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

the extent to which media elites treat liberal americans as if they do not count in the body politic is a real problem

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 15h

Zohran has shown that the way you win elections is by practicing Politics and both the Democratic Party more broadly and the bsky progressive left could learn a lot from what he's done and why it's broken with their preferred frames of action

Ashwin Rodrigues @ashwinrodrigues.com · 15h

Zohran Mamdani appears to have gained a lot favor with some skeptics by simply reaching out to them

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/m...

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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Keith Phipps @kphipps3000.bsky.social · 1d

If you're just showing up on Bluesky, this is a good starter pack. (Also good if you've been here a while, I guess.)

Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 1d

go.bsky.app/QGgkZaB

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

Interestingly, the guy on the left, Blake Neff, was fired by Tucker Carlson in 2020 because he was revealed to be gut bucket misogynist and white supremacist. www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/m...

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1d

The reason why the lower levels of the GOP are infested with outright Nazis is because the highest echelons are as well.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

asylum but only for racists apparently www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 1d

holy shit [cc @nytpitchbot.bsky.social]

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1d

Stefanik has openly promoted great replacement theory, so her issue is with the specific vocabulary in the group chat and not the general ideas being discussed.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

Elise Stefanik is scrubbing photos of herself accepting awards from the vile Young Republicans caught in the Politico group chat. She supported every single one of them in New York State.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

mike davis — an incredibly prominent dc conservative tied to the federalist society — calling the highest ranking black member of congress a “house slave” is so beyond the pale and rubicon crossing. i cannot unsee this. my gosh. wow. where are we right now

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 1d

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

I never thought I’d miss the day when the antisemitic dog whistles were actually still dog whistles.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

I don't get a ton of FB traffic and can remember only one other post in the last year or so that got shared as much as this article. you may be "unsurprised" as an extremely online person but people seem to be paying attention to this, for whatever that's worth

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 1d

Weird how this stuff keeps happening to Republicans!

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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robert mueller. fbi @spiritnight.bsky.social · 15d

MIRACLE WORKER - "HAPPY AGAIN"

new song ft.
@miserablechillers.bsky.social
@motroper.bsky.social
@rozwellkid.bsky.social
+ me and annie

RIYL: the sundays, the cranberries, dressy bessy, REM, the beatles

SPOTIFY: bit.ly/42jSK8j
APPLE: bit.ly/4gOwkSF

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

Centrist pundits are obsessed with
our inability to form friendships across partisan divides and how it is ruining the social fabric of America. But while I’d be happy to be friends with someone who disagrees with me about zoning laws, I don’t want to befriend someone who jokes about gas chambers.

Politico @politico.com · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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