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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 4h

Opinion | It’s time to close the borders and make the United States a country for Americans again.

by Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, David Sachs, Rupert Murdoch, and Patrick Soon-Shiong

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 59m

“The question is now not whether the GOP will be fascist, the question is whether it will be merely fascist or national socialist.”

Ganz has this right. Whatever comes after Trump in the GOP, the power is clearly with Tucker, Fuentes, and the people willing to cater to them. I include Vance here.

John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social · 6h

Oh, the neocons are gonna find some secret weapon to stop the groypers? Would this be the same one they used to stop Trump?

www.unpopularfront.news/p/who-will-w...

Who Will Win the GOP Civil War?

Hint: Not the Neocons.

www.unpopularfront.news

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Maxwell Stearns @maxwell-stearns.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you for this @dennislytton.bsky.social. I think citizens have a two-part moral obligation: (1) to become better educated about what has happened to our democracy and how to fix it, and (2) to be hopeful. The latter is just as important if we care about future generations.

Dennis Lytton @dennislytton.bsky.social · 2h

It feels weighty & impossible to fathom how we could change the constitution; even should pro democracy forces win today, in '26, & in '28.

But we're not prisoners of destiny, there is a route to a Farewell to Arms.

(h/t to @maxwell-stearns.bsky.social here)

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 2h

one of the conclusions i came to in this piece is that, like it or not, deep red and deep blue states are the showroom floors of political parties. so it's Bad Actually that california in particular is such a fucking mess when it comes to governance!

www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 16h

"It’s still the case that your vote does improve our chances of not having a king, and your vote is worth much more than the time it takes to cast it." (from July 2024) www.liberalcurrents.com/elections-ar...

Elections Are Purely Practical

Don’t be vain about your vote.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 4h

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 is a paradigm example of Anton Jäger’s concept of ‘hyperpolitics’: a heightened emotional response to momentary moral panics, fads, ‘a form of politicisation without any clear political consequences.’" www.liberalcurrents.com/wars-on-scie...

Wars on Science, Real and Otherwise

"The War on Science," ed. Lawrence Krauss, documents an imaginary war on science from the left in order to justify an entirely real war on science from the right.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

On this beautiful morning in Astoria, I cast my ballot for our city and our future.

I hope you will too.

Zohran and Rama smiling at each other in a gymnasium.

A wide shot of the gym with voting booths.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1h

I thought this was the Onion but it was the onion and mustard.

Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 2h

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.

The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.

"I could smell the onions and mustard."

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 6h

Happy Election Day! Let’s go Virginia, New Jersey, NYC, California, and a few other random places. DEMOCRACY IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT!

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Dennis Lytton @dennislytton.bsky.social · 2h

Can Marxism-Leninism with Xi Jinping Characteristics survive him though?

Dennis Lytton @dennislytton.bsky.social · 2h

It feels weighty & impossible to fathom how we could change the constitution; even should pro democracy forces win today, in '26, & in '28.

But we're not prisoners of destiny, there is a route to a Farewell to Arms.

(h/t to @maxwell-stearns.bsky.social here)

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Dennis Lytton @dennislytton.bsky.social · 2h

Victories today, in '26, & '28 by Dems are very important

But our two-party presidential system has been in terminal decline for decades & Trump has smashed the remnants of the republic. We can't go back to '09, '93, or whenever.

We need a limited executive & multiparty proportional representation

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 3h

"Should we get the chance...we must institute a multiparty democracy (via proportional representation like most democracies) and an executive more like a prime minister than the imperial president we seem doomed to endure under our current constitution." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...

The American Presidency Can Never Be Trusted Again

It’s time for multiparty democracy and a limited executive.

www.liberalcurrents.com

Dennis Lytton @dennislytton.bsky.social · 3h

"Abolish the Presidency"

Dennis Lytton @dennislytton.bsky.social · 3h

I dwelled on this point more than other writers in this space because I don't think Americans know how weird our system is and how it totally impinges (along with single member districts) normal party development.

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Dennis Lytton @dennislytton.bsky.social · 3h

I dwelled on this point more than other writers in this space because I don't think Americans know how weird our system is and how it totally impinges (along with single member districts) normal party development.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

mamdani is going to break 50% and centrist pundits are going to convolute themselves in new ways to say he doesn’t have a mandate

Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 3h

Feel like we have a good idea lol

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Sam G. Howard @samghoward.riliberator.com · 3h

Why primaries are terrible for our democracy in three paragraphs.

In the former case, anyone without paying a single due or having any association with the party can take its name in an election (the primary) and spend significant time and money communicating who they are to the primary electorate. In the latter case (non-partisan elections), the burden of communicating what a candidate stands for is even higher without a party label.

In an important sense this makes America’s two political parties fundamentally weak, as the main job of a political party in most of the world, attaching names to candidates, is closed to them. Democrat and Republican officials do try to support certain candidates in the primaries, and perhaps their choices usually win the primaries, but they spend considerable time and money on primary candidate selection. They must pick sides in intraparty infighting, which leads to even more distrust of the party. And they often fail, as Donald Trump’s rise attests.

You’d expect more than two parties, or at least some regional ones, in a country of nearly 350 million. But the cold hard political incentives of single winner districts with primaries and Presidentialism obstructs third party formation across this vast land.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.

He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 3h

U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino needs be thrown in prison before he beats someone to death for walking down the sidewalk.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 4h

Overnight court filings seem to be giving us a peek at what U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino said in his deposition so far (it apparently continues today):

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 3h

Dick Cheney sent my generation to fight an unnecessary decade-long war in Iraq that killed and maimed and traumatized hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and Americans.

That’s his only legacy.

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · Jun 8

if u do not have anything nice to say well sometimes u are not wrong

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 3h

"Should we get the chance...we must institute a multiparty democracy (via proportional representation like most democracies) and an executive more like a prime minister than the imperial president we seem doomed to endure under our current constitution." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...

The American Presidency Can Never Be Trusted Again

It’s time for multiparty democracy and a limited executive.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Paul van der Meer @paulvandermeer.bsky.social · 1d

After seeing #60minutes I have only one question. How long will it take CBS to push Fox out of business?

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 18h

Yes this is a real tweet. Governor Abbott is either insufferably ignorant or hopes his MAGA base is. Governors cannot impose tariffs on Americans moving about in the USA. This is specifically banned by:
•Article I, Section 2
•Article IV, Section 2
•14th Amendment

Texas ranks 41st in Education smh

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 17h

Someone finally showed Jeffries the @liberalcurrents.com article.

You know which.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22h

Jeffries: "The Trump administration and Mike Johnson are running a pedophile protection program. That's what they've been doing. And that's the reason they refuse to swear in Representative Elect Adelita Grijalva."

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Tim Hannan @timhannan.bsky.social · 1d

Can someone ask Mike Johnson how he can justify being Speaker of the House when he can’t answer a single question about what’s going on in this country?

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