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Eli @elium2.com · 3h

Newnan mayoral race is clearly a serious contest, but also no rating yet. Watching both challengers.

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 8h

the left is actually so weak in this country that they whittled their demands down to "let us talk about gaza once at the convention for 15 minutes" and the party still refused

Cai @annenotation.bsky.social · 1d

Leftists are just wreckers. They are a huge part of why we currently have no bench.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 8h

A foundational truth of this republic is it has no king.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 8h

Republicans could target up to 28 Dem House seats—including these 9 seats if SCOTUS kills the Voting Rights Act—& solidify a vulnerable GOP seat.

Dems might gain just up to 12 seats from new maps.

Not all of these states are likely to redraw, but the GOP effort to rig the House is a major threat

The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 8h

SCOTUS could eviscerate the last pillar of the Voting Rights Act in a case it's hearing right now.

If it does, Southern states could target around 9 Dem seats before 2026, shown in dark red.

That's in addition to many other non-VRA seats the GOP could go after. Dems have fewer options to respond.

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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 8h

Justice Kavanaugh in the Callais oral argument keeps alluding to some longstanding requirement of strict scrutiny that use of race have a time limit. This is invented.

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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 11h

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

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Eli @elium2.com · 7h

Any insight as to why, and/or whether that’s a good thing?

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 7h

This administration’s policy of serial open murders on the high seas is starting to make some members of Congress mildly uncomfortable. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Members of Congress growing concerned over lack of information from administration about Venezuela strikes, sources say

Republicans and Democrats say the administration is failing to share basic information with Congress about the intelligence, rationale and goals of its war on drug trafficking.

www.nbcnews.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 7h

Yes. Very casually turning the SSFA into a determination that any statute addressing race discrimination must be time-bound. Just absolutely untrue. An utter usurpation of Congress’ enforcement power under the 14th & 15th Amendments.

Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 8h

Justice Kavanaugh in the Callais oral argument keeps alluding to some longstanding requirement of strict scrutiny that use of race have a time limit. This is invented.

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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 1d

Last batch of legislation updates - of the 15 priority bills from the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus that made it to the Governor's desk, (lgbtqcaucus.legislature.ca.gov/legislative-...) 12 signed, 3 vetoed www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/13/g...

Details in thread. 1/

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 20h

there are a couple of ways to think about this, one is that no one should be running for their first senate race at this age, and the other is that if platner can’t beat her, he definitely can’t beat collins. i think he can. everybody needs to stop crying and start fighting.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 20h

Janet Mills going to the Senate at 79 would make her the oldest elected freshman senator in history — but just as old as or younger than 1 in 9 senators serving in this congress. www.pbump.net/o/a-79-year-...

A 79 year-old freshman senator would be … unusual

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has announced her intention to run for Senate against the state's well-known — ahem — incumbent, Susan Collins. When the next Senate term begins in January 2027, Collins wil...

www.pbump.net

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22h

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded

The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

nyti.ms

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Republican Rep. Cory Mills allegedly threatened to release nude images of a 26-year-old woman and to harm her future boyfriends after she ended their relationship.

Now, a judge just ordered Mills, 45, not to come within 500 feet of the defendant & ruled that she is “a victim of dating violence.”

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 22h

NEW: In a rare appearance alongside mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani Tuesday, in the Queens Assembly district he represents, Gov. Kathy Hochul backed the Democratic nominee’s campaign pledge of rolling out universal child care.

buff.ly/j60StqW

In Rare Joint Appearance, Hochul Backs Mamdani's Push for Universal Child Care

The governor acknowledged their differences, but said in a visit to Mamdani’s district that she has “found an ally” in making New York more affordable.

www.thecity.nyc

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 5d

Thousands of U.S.-bound packages shipped by UPS are trapped at hubs across the country, unable to clear the maze of new customs requirements imposed by the Trump administration.

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 22h

Like much of that this regime does, the murders of Venezuelan fishermen and boat passengers seem to be being conducted for the sake of making social media content that demonstrates Trump’s masculine dominance. So one way to describe them is as snuff films.

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 23h

There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking fondly of all the pre-election fact-checks that said we couldn’t possibly know whether Republicans wanted to get rid of pre-existing condition protections.

• New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said that Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, "want to ... repeal the Affordable Care Act and elim nate protections for preexisting conditions." It's unclear what Trump would do, since he hasn't released a plan to replace the ACA. He said he would do so, if "we can come up With something that's better."

Schumer, meanwhile, was wrong to
say, as he did on the Senate floor April 28, that the bill goes "back to the day when insurance companies could deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions."

perorats and Republicans have made
competing claims on whether the latest version of the GOP health care bill maintains protections for people with preexisting medical conditions. President Trump has said, "Pre-existing conditions are in the bill. And I mandate it." Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer has said that
"insurance companies could deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions."
Neither of those comments quite gets it right. The latest version offers lesser protections than the Affordable Care Act, but it doesn't allow insurers to deny coverage to someone with a health

Who's right? Like everything else in health care, it's complicated.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

It's also disturbing that Gorsuch joined this opinion. He has clearly disavowed any interest in protecting trans rights five years out from Bostock. It was evident after he joined Skrmetti, and it's obvious today. He's just another anti-trans culture warrior now. Never explained the about-face.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

The only Supreme Court case Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch cite to support their mandatory-outing view is Troxel v. Granville, which held that parents' control over their children is an unenumerated right protected by due process.

But Thomas says such unenumerated due process rights do not exist!

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Eli @elium2.com · 1d

Found this on state business filings:

Eli @elium2.com · 1d

She is the CEO and CFO of Visionary Learning Academy, which…seems to be pre-K…? Her legally required financial disclosures just say “VLA”.

Visionary Learning Academy

vlakids.com

Eli @elium2.com · 1d

She is the CEO and CFO of Visionary Learning Academy, which…seems to be pre-K…? Her legally required financial disclosures just say “VLA”.

Visionary Learning Academy

vlakids.com

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 1d

This is yet another reminder that the "you can just walk around with your papers and be fine!" is a lie: the cops routinely claim whatever documentation you provide is invalid

It's racism all the way down

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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Eli @elium2.com · 1d

She is the CEO and CFO of Visionary Learning Academy, which…seems to be pre-K…? Her legally required financial disclosures just say “VLA”.

Visionary Learning Academy

vlakids.com

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Eli @elium2.com · 1d

Possibly something like that, but it strikes me as intentionally vague…

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Eli @elium2.com · 1d

I am watching Johns Creek mayor closely but don't have a rating right now. Very ugly race.

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