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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

Finally realized what the freakout over Mamdani becoming mayor reminded me of, and it's the freakout over the first black mayors in southern cities.

New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS:

"Too Young to Die"

As the seemingly endless NYC mayoral campaign enters its final weeks, the howls of the Democratic establishment in the city are only getting louder. They've really convinced themselves that the elect...

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Batwingdings @batwingdings.bsky.social · 1d

I hate that "If this is so - which it is" is so funny, I'm sorry

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

“The Biden FBI”

Who was President on January 6?

Donald J. Trump * © @reaDonaldTrump • 1m
THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT

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Batwingdings @batwingdings.bsky.social · 2d

Wish we got this on tape for the apolitical grill dads or whatever

Jo @service-worker.bsky.social · 2d

Blatant incompetence all around

The man who was already detained in the van did not identify himself, Thomas said.
Once Brockman was handcuffed and placed in the van, the agents pulled out, clipping the rear bumper off of a stopped car partially blocking their path and speeding away past an approaching elongated CTA bus and through the busy intersection.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

[disclaimer: i'm just talkin, these are normative statements, idk and am not commenting on what infrastructure exists irl]

there has to be a way to absorb some of these people into state health departments..or set up an interstate body to keep tryna do this work..we just cant lose all this capacity

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

I love this image.

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Batwingdings @batwingdings.bsky.social · 2d

plus telling teachers to red/yellow/green chatGPT into lesson plans is easier and cheaper than real reforms

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Batwingdings @batwingdings.bsky.social · 2d

It's annoying that Mississippi enacted effective, boring, common-sense education reforms people have been writing about for decades, but we don't want predictable outcomes, we want untried "innovative" solutions because every "industry leader" has tech founder brain disease

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 2d

This bill I wrote is now law.

California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 2d

[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed AB 1154, which will make it faster, cheaper, and easier to add small accessory dwelling units to existing homes.

Our statement: cayimby.org/news-events/...

California Law Makes it Easier to Build Small, In-Home ADUs

New Law Signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom Removes Barriers, Imposes Standards

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Batwingdings @batwingdings.bsky.social · 2d

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Batwingdings @batwingdings.bsky.social · 2d

The humiliation of seeing "Bari is Brilliant" headlines wasn't enough, we have to suffer knowing she's going to feed a bunch of emails into chatGPT to ask it who she can fire

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 6d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 6d

the wave of weaponized nostalgia for 90s-style multiculturalism and political correctness is gonna hit different

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 5d

This should be a five-alarm scandal that dogs the administration for the rest of its existence. We'll see if it is.

I think maybe yes. Median voters are obsessed with this story.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 5d

There's an idea in some circles that all we have to do to fix healthcare is get rid of the evil insurance companies and all of our problems will be solved.

There is no country on Earth with single-payer healthcare where the average doctor salary is $375,000. Not happening. Something has to give.

Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 5d

The doctor makes $200k a year because they charge thousands of dollars more for a procedure than they should. The health insurance CEO doesn’t want to pay it and tries to dump it on you. You fight with the health insurance over *who* pays the high cost and not *why* the cost is high.

Coonbaya My Lord @powdercuff.bsky.social · 5d

The doctor making 200k a year is not your enemy. The health insurance CEO making millions per year is. Let’s focus up.

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Batwingdings @batwingdings.bsky.social · 3d

was gonna point out you're missing "private school that's basically the same as the local public school t preys on parent anxieties" but for simplification reasons we can probably sort those under #2

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Batwingdings @batwingdings.bsky.social · 3d

expected (wanted?) trade to be worse tbh. Expected SCOTUS to at least pretend to be better and meter out our authoritarianism in doses, tbh

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 4d

honestly, pritzker should start thinking about what he can do to get trump to arrest him.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4d

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 4d

v is for vendetta ideas are bulletproof scene

🐈‍⬛ Spooky L.A. 🕸️ @tiredderit.bsky.social · 4d

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Batwingdings @batwingdings.bsky.social · 3d

Poster's disease + "extrapolating way too much from 2024, which was more about the overarching landscape than the policy or messaging" explains a lot of the anxious capitulation + bad centrist takes this cycle, Ezra included

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 4d

he probably doesn't! most American police forces are some combo of rogue paramilitary and criminal gangster conspiracy! but that's all the more reason to start standing up some loyal formations bsky.app/profile/kitc...

kitconway.bsky.social @kitconway.bsky.social · 4d

Pritzker seems to be semi waving the white flag on that and acting like he doesn't control his state police. Hope he reconsiders.

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Wannabe Apparatchik @apparatchikwannabe.bsky.social · 4d

we do at least have this tweet out of it

Twitter post. Image is Lee Kuan Yew.
“We did it. We resurrected LKY. Father, tell us: what should we do to fix America?”
“Ten billion H1B Indians.”
“What? B–but—“
“Forced race mixing of neighborhoods.”
“Father, no—“
“Arrest anyone who disagrees.”

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 3d

If you live in California, please call @gavinnewsom.bsky.social at (916) 445-2841 and urge him to sign SB 79. Here's my post about why the bill is so important: publiccomment.blog/p/newsom-s-f...

Newsom's Fateful Choice

Why the governor needs to sign SB 79

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