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Basically an Honest Bobo in Paradise @boboinparadise.bsky.social · 5m

It sounds like they know that they are an unpopular minority party that can only win by rigging elections.
I mean, that's what it sounds like...

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Toomas Hendrik Ilves @ilvestoomas.bsky.social · 4h

Creeping Authoritarianism: A Personal Account
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Creeping Authoritarianism: A Personal Account

The Steady State | Author's Name Withheld

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Basically an Honest Bobo in Paradise @boboinparadise.bsky.social · 10m

Doesn't care, his job is secure as long as he stays the course.

Basically an Honest Bobo in Paradise @boboinparadise.bsky.social · 12m

Usually vhf, I think

Basically an Honest Bobo in Paradise @boboinparadise.bsky.social · 14m

a man with a beard is saying don 't hit me with them negative waves so early in the morning .

ALT: a man with a beard is saying don 't hit me with them negative waves so early in the morning .

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 3h

2/ Not only is the first Q missing from what CBS describes as a 'complete transcript." It doesn't match the video interview played on the broadcast. The transcript starts with Trump talking about China. On air, the first Q is about the govt shutdown. What's ? bsky.app/profile/news...

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 17h

HOLD UP. This is not actually a full transcript of the Trump interview on @60minutes.bsky.social. Note how this starts with a description of the question but not the actual question & what about the initial greetings between Norah and Trump, etc? This is not a complete transcript. 1/

60 Minutes Overtime
Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.

November 2, 2025 / 7:32 PM EST / CBS News

Editor's note: On October 31, 2025, correspondent Norah O'Donnell spoke with President Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, FL, and this is a transcript of that conversation. They started by discussing the president's recent meeting with China's President Xi Jinping.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, first of all, we get along great, and we always really have. We had the COVID moment, which was not-- attractive as far as I was concerned. I wasn't so happy. But outside of that, we have always had a great relationship. He's a powerful man. He's a strong man, a very powerful leader.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 17h

2/ This is especially odd given how obsessed both Trump & new CBS news boss Bari Weiss are with transcripts & interview editing... So why don't we see the transcript (& the video) of how the interview began? Hmmm

www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...

Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.

www.cbsnews.com

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 17h

HOLD UP. This is not actually a full transcript of the Trump interview on @60minutes.bsky.social. Note how this starts with a description of the question but not the actual question & what about the initial greetings between Norah and Trump, etc? This is not a complete transcript. 1/

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Basically an Honest Bobo in Paradise @boboinparadise.bsky.social · 23m

The guy who increased his wealth by a $B, that guy?

Basically an Honest Bobo in Paradise @boboinparadise.bsky.social · 25m

Always the "think of the kids!" coming in.

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 4h

Something Dems (especially natsecs types) need to get through their thick skulls is the only way we might come back from this internationally is if the accountability for it is swift, broad, and punishing

Politicals, career type, in or out of govt c. 2029, no matter the rank, they all need to fry

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 11h

European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO.

This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.

US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules

Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.

www.politico.eu

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Basically an Honest Bobo in Paradise @boboinparadise.bsky.social · 31m

I seem to recall that the War of 1812 was fought over asymmetrical naval strikes and actions.

Basically an Honest Bobo in Paradise @boboinparadise.bsky.social · 33m

Situational Ethics 101

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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 3h

From the 2017 parody memoir of his first year in office I did with Alec Baldwin –– Trump's vision for improving the White House. With the latest Trumpficiations of the East Wing and the Lincoln Bedroom's bathroom, it's now another reality-catches-up-with-satire prophesy.

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Basically an Honest Bobo in Paradise @boboinparadise.bsky.social · 1h

El Presidente

Basically an Honest Bobo in Paradise @boboinparadise.bsky.social · 1h

Do they?
Some might say that the weakness of the D coalition has been that it includes a range of conflicting priorities.
Eg, the working class party that also supports more immigration, which depresses wages etc.

Basically an Honest Bobo in Paradise @boboinparadise.bsky.social · 2h

I'm sure that you know that's a definition of polarization.

Basically an Honest Bobo in Paradise @boboinparadise.bsky.social · 2h

The man is constantly in search of any possible proof for his fervently held religious beliefs.

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 3h

“Authoritarians have always understood that spectacle is power. To overwhelm the senses is to project control. To indulge without shame is to show immunity from consequence.”

substack.com/inbox/post/1...

The Theater of Power: Trump and the Tradition of Deliberate Decadence

November 3, 2025 | By Steven A. Cash

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Basically an Honest Bobo in Paradise @boboinparadise.bsky.social · 2h

Not a historian or expert but seemingly small changes in voter turnout = 10s of millions of votes.
Compare voter turnout% over 3 elections, by depressing turnout, they win.

.64 2016
.67 2020
.65 2024

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1d

Douthat writes that 2024, when Harris lost by 1.5% of the popular vote, was "an ideological referendum and progressivism lost." I wonder why he didn't view the 2020 election, when Trump lost by 4.5% of the popular vote, as a far more significant loss for conservatism.
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 9d

Comparing the relation between the presidential election results in 2020 and 2024 with the post-election commentary is a fascinating exercise.

2020
Biden 81,283,501 popular votes, 51.3%
Trump 74,223,975 popular votes 46.8%

2024
Trump 77,302,580 49.8%
Harris 75,017,613. 48.3%

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h

Note how these detailed account of Trump's thuggery masquerading as diplomacy appear in publications across Europe, the UK, East Asia... but not in a single US print or broadcast source. This is an increasingly common phenomenon. www.politico.eu/article/us-a...

US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules

Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.

www.politico.eu

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 3h

The East Wing was originally constructed in 1902 and was renovated in 1942, a period when asbestos was used extensively in government buildings.

Trump’s swift demolition of East Wing may have launched asbestos plumes

There is no confirmation that the Trump admin. followed abatement processes.

arstechnica.com

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Basically an Honest Bobo in Paradise @boboinparadise.bsky.social · 2h

"Previously" but not today?

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 3h

Jury selection is underway in the trial of the DC “sandwich guy,” but Judge Nichols is doing the whole thing with hushers. Closing voir dire has previously been a violation of 6th Amendment. @nbcnews.com and other outlets have raised objections. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Jury selection begins in the trial of D.C.'s 'sandwich guy'

Sean Dunn went viral this summer for throwing a salami sub at a Customs and Border Protection agent.

www.nbcnews.com

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