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Dennis P. Crawford @dennispcrawford.bsky.social · Dec 20

We have written the first book on Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Nebraska Democratic Primary. This ground breaking work explores a neglected and important chapter in Kennedy's life. You can learn more about the book and read an excerpt at the link:

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New Book on Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Nebraska Primary

The Nebraska Democratic primary mattered in 1968. Because only fifteen states held primaries, Robert F. Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy made…

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

Democrats should hold a press conference and announce that if Mike Johnson has no interest in running the House they'd be happy to do it for him

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h

Mike Johnson has dissolved Congress. Why?

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1h

No matter how much the media rushed to defend Karoline Leavitt the other day, it’s clear that the ballroom is, in fact, Trump’s top priority.

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Dennis P. Crawford @dennispcrawford.bsky.social · 39m

This year, Iowa’s gross domestic product dropped by 6.1 percent, more than any other state aside from neighboring Nebraska.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

Congress basically doesn’t exist at this point

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

A 14-word replacement for most op-eds, substacks, etc about this moment.

The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.

It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.

Until then, they're all to blame.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h

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Dennis P. Crawford @dennispcrawford.bsky.social · 20h

Many voters don't follow the issues - it's mainly about the vibes. The vibes from the destruction of the East Wing during a government shutdown are terrible. It will make millions of voters want a check and balance on Trump and the GOP.

Dennis P. Crawford @dennispcrawford.bsky.social · 20h

Nebraska is 6-2 and bowl bound! GBR!

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 20h

A picture worth 1,000 votes? The photos of a demolished White House wing and landscape could be breaking through in ways other things haven’t. An iconic part of U.S. history razed to build a ballroom for the hugely rich? Nothing could be more attention-getting or less subtle, in words or visuals.

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 21h

My wife’s (in some cases three-time) trump voting relatives have started mentioning the ballroom to me, negatively; anecdata but I’d like to see some high quality polling. I think it’s a mistake by certain elite elected Dems to think this story isn’t breaking thru

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22h

You may not have food or healthcare for your children, but did you know that the White House will now have a classy dance floor for nepotistic pedophiles

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Democrats @democrats.org · 23h

It’s been 25 days since the government shutdown started.

Republicans refuse to come to the table to negotiate about Americans’ health care.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“Liberation Day” liberated Americans from their hard-earned money

What a joke that was

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Dennis P. Crawford @dennispcrawford.bsky.social · 1d

James Madison wrote in “Federalist No. 47”: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary in the same hands … may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

New in PN: @gelliottmorris.com on Trump's dire polling

"Trump has the unique problem that he started off a lot lower than other presidents. So as he loses ground — and he has lost ground at about the normal clip — he just continues to be worse and worse than every other president before him."

G. Elliot Morris on Trump's dire polling

"He just continues to be worse and worse than every other president before him."

www.publicnotice.co

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 1d

"Politics is not just about power and money games, politics can be about the improvement of peoples lives, about lessening human suffering in our world and bringing about more peace and more justice."
U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, who died on this day in 2002

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Dear republican congressman:

You just got another week off, you have absolutely no plans since you were going to be in dc.

How about some town halls? If you do three, that’s a total of 6 hours of work the whole week. Easy peasy!

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 1d

We can’t let this happen.

And any Republican who refuses to renew health care subsidies for hardworking American families, saying we can’t afford it, needs to explain how they found $1 trillion in tax cuts to give away to the wealthiest people in America.

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 1d

It's official - the House will be out AGAIN next week, for a sixth consecutive week. That means the House will have worked 20 days over 17 weeks. The last House vote was on Sept. 19.

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Dennis P. Crawford @dennispcrawford.bsky.social · 1d

Vote blue no matter who.

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Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov · 2d

Inflation is the highest it's been since Trump took office.

Trump’s economy is FAILING. Grocery prices, rent, and health care costs are skyrocketing.

And Republicans would still rather keep our government shut down than lower health care costs.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 2d

Annual inflation picked up slightly to 3% last month in a report that came out nine days late due to the government shutdown.

U.S. Inflation Picked Up to 3% in September

Consumer prices rose 3% from a year earlier, the Labor Department said, hotter than August’s increase of 2.9%. Economists had expected a rise of 3.1%

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The Beatles Bible 🍏 @beatlesbible.com · 1d

24 October 1975:

John Lennon’s single Imagine is released in the UK. The b-side is Working Class Hero.

"Yoko actually helped a lot with the lyrics, but I wasn’t man enough to let her have credit for it."

Read all about Imagine here:

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Imagine

Written by: Lennon, Ono Recorded: 23, 27 May; 4 July 1971 Producers: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector Released: 8 October 1971 (UK), 9 September 1971 (US) Available on: Imagine Power To The People ...

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 2d

“There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.”
Jackie Robinson, who died on this day in 1972

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2d

New polls from Gallup, YouGov, and out of Virginia show voters now trust Democrats more than Republicans to handle the economy. Nationally, Dems now have a 4-point margin on the issue — an 18-point shift away from Trump since 2023. Time to update your priors

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Polls show voters now trust Democrats more to handle the economy

The issue that sank Democrats in 2024 now threatens to do the same to Republicans in 2025 and the 2026 midterms

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 2d

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 2d

If we had to have a king, was it absolutely necessary that he be a fucking moron?

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