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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19h

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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D.C. @dcmcb.bsky.social · 1h

Greg Abbott is evil and pretends to be a Catholic. Pope Leo should have him excommunicated from the Church.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1h

To understand that horrific Chicago apartment raid, go back in time...to Texas.

At the height of Gov. Greg Abbott’s political stunt, 12 to 15 busloads of immigrants were arriving in the city every day—about 28,000 people by late 2023, and 50,000 by late 2024.

To understand that horrific Chicago apartment raid, go back in time—to Texas

Gov. Greg Abbott's political stunts kicked off a crisis that left immigrant families in a lurch.

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Politico @politico.com · 1h

Congressional Black Caucus PAC is using the Young Republicans’ texting scandal to for an ad campaign against NY Rep. Mike Lawler.

Congressional Black Caucus PAC uses Young Republicans' texting scandal to hit Lawler

The PAC is rolling out a five-figure ad campaign citing POLITICO’s report of the Young Republicans’ group chat.

www.politico.com

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 2h

gop messaging around the shutdown absolutely could not be worse.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

THUNE: These premiums are going up a little bit b/c of the expiration of the enhanced tax credits

VITALI: I think people hearing their premiums are doubling don't feel that it's a little bit

T: I'm just saying only a small part of that is attributable to the expiration of the enhanced tax credits

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D.C. @dcmcb.bsky.social · 1h

Mamdani grew up in Upper Manhattan. The Chris Gethard Show aired on Manhattan Neighborhood Network. In a major scandal that rocked Fox News, Mamdani prioritized going on vacation this summer. And who else loves vacations? Lots of clues that Mamdani is a Gethhead.

D.C. @dcmcb.bsky.social · 2h

The movie Rudy was written by Angelo Pizzo and directed by David Anspaugh. Both men attended USC’s film school.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4h

CHICAGO (AP) — Judge says she will require immigration agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after turbulent protests.

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 4h

Trump losing the public on immigration is the moment to strike, and recapture the center, not the moment to pivot to health care. www.offmessage.net/p/make-john-...

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D.C. @dcmcb.bsky.social · 11h

Ronald Reagan and John Lydon.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21h

A state senator's racist text. A thirty-something GOP flack saying "I love Hitler." To JD Vance, they're all just "a kid telling a stupid joke."

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

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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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 22h

20 billion dollars from the US Treasury **was not enough**. So now it's 40 billion dollars! And why stop there?

All while the US government is shut down.

"America First," amirite?

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Bessent says bailout for Argentina will double to boost U.S. influence in region

The Trump administration is working to arrange private sector financing for Argentina that would double the total U.S. financial lifeline for the embattled Latin nation.

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D.C. @dcmcb.bsky.social · 22h

This is the same asshole angered that Kimmel wasn’t fired and demanded Jimmy Kimmel apologize to Charlie Kirk’s family for making a joke about Trump.

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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 22h

SCOTUS decision killing what’s left of Voting Rights Act could cost Dems 19 House seats, eliminate every majority-minority district in South, eviscerate 14th/15th Amendments & fulfill John Roberts 40-year crusade against country’s most important civil rights law www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Republican justices appear poised to destroy what’s left of the Voting Rights Act

The results will be "catastrophic."

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D.C. @dcmcb.bsky.social · 23h

He’ll “stand up” to elevate his height enough to sweetly whisper in Donald’s ear “Sir, how can I be as great and mighty as you?”

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D.C. @dcmcb.bsky.social · 23h

Just cut out the middle man. Recruit wrestlers. 😄 youtu.be/WBCs3fyAwYE

A MESSAGE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP

YouTube video by Mick Foley

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23h

Politico received an initial tip that a Taylor staffer had a swastika neatly pinned to his cubicle during a zoom call. When confronted, the congressman’s press office pretty implausibly sought to present the situation as a police matter, and Politico went along with that in its headline and lede.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 1d

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.
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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.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Feels like this will be a useful meme for the next few years

Peacemaker looks at a mural embedding Hitler into American symbols

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Dear Bluesky: Please stop playing the pathetic, phony little game of pretending that the *only* thing discussed in this piece is masks. Take the bad faith bullshit factional posturing elsewhere. Thanks.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

newrepublic.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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D.C. @dcmcb.bsky.social · 1d

Newsome has to fire the aides that let him do this interview. Just the awful, narrow chair alone. Look at his posture. Very weak.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Supercut of comments from Republicans today alone about the No Kings rallies taking place this weekend. This has to be some of the worst, and most anti-American, coordinated messaging of all time.

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 1d

People like that are no different from Vance’s parasocial friends. They deliver North Korea-style praise for Dear Leader, and in return the administration delivers them gutter rhetoric and state violence, refracted through #content www.offmessage.net/p/governing-...

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