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En Buen Ora - "Hell Çid" 😈 @enbuenora.bsky.social · 8m

I assume the long time model is not so much a worry about the money they get from direct payments but from selling eyes to advertisers, and they need to claim that people are locked in.

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 10m

I've been saying this for years, whoever figures out a way to make it so you can just tap to buy an article without making a potentially lifetime credit card commitment is going to get rich and save journalism

alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 15m

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could you please offer an opportunity for me to buy an article a la carte

many times i don't want to subscribe because i don't want you to keep sending me shit. i do not want a continued relationship. but i would absolutely spend a nominal amount to read an article Right Now

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 21m

To my knowledge no reporter from a mainstream publication has ever asked Vance about his extensive and well-documented connections to white supremacists.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 23m

It's somehow both wildly underreported and just out in the open that the vice president is either a neo-Nazi or, at a bare minimum, a neo-Nazi fellow traveler.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 21m

The leaked chats between Young Republican leaders were obviously disgusting.

JD Vance’s efforts to downplay the scandal and complain about “pearl clutching” made an awful story worse. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

JD Vance tries to downplay leak of disgusting Young Republican chats

For the vice president to suggest it’s “pearl clutching” to condemn those who were part of a racist group chat says a great deal about his judgment.

www.msnbc.com

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18m

Sure, putting Republicans in charge means health insurance is unaffordable, but we ended woke so it's okay.

Pa. approves higher ACA health insurance premiums for 2026, with some ‘shocking’ price hikes

Insurance regulators say Pennie customers will see premiums rise by 21% on average, which factors in the potential loss of federal premium tax credits, or health subsidies.

whyy.org

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 29m

"no kings" is perhaps *the* foundational truth of this republic, I mean that's what they wrote first

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 50m

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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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14m

We need rules in place to protect regular investors in crypto and private equity – not a shadowy system that lines the pockets of crypto billionaires and giant private equity firms.

A downturn in these markets could put our whole economy at risk.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 13m

Kagan is going back to the difference between Section 2 and Section 5. This would work if Roberts was an intellectually honest person. Unfortunately, Roberts hates Black people voting as much as any Klansman ever did.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 18m

Now we're onto the 3rd lawyer, Ed Greim. He's arguing on behalf of the white folks who believe their constitutional rights are being violated by not being allowed to overrepresent themselves in Congress. He's arguing for a straight reppeal of Section 2 of the VRA.

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En Buen Ora - "Hell Çid" 😈 @enbuenora.bsky.social · 13m

Has anyone whatsoever paused to consider what might happen if other nations and forces begin to blow up any ship in the Caribbean they feel like?

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 16m

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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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 16m

NEW: Trump’s new Gaza plan fails to include Palestinian input — or to simply end weapons transfers to Israel.

We’re still in a “very, very dangerous moment,” says IPS scholar Phyllis Bennis in a new @aljazeera.com interview:

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En Buen Ora - "Hell Çid" 😈 @enbuenora.bsky.social · 23m

the political party that is currently firing people and disassembling entire institutions because someone taught about or in any way condemned racism is very angry that anyone would notice a bunch of them being racist

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 31m

Apparently, the official GOP response to the leaked Young Republican chats is “come on, it’s not a big deal that these guys are using racial slurs and praising Hitler, that’s totally normal” and, uh, that sorta raises more questions?

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 26m

Brett Kavanaugh is basically arguing tha there have been "sufficient remedies" for racism.

This seems like a good time to bring up the @politico.com about how young Republicans have *remedied* racism.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 26m

Kavanaugh: "I want to note some common ground bc I think it's important in disputes like this one to identify common ground. Justice Jackson said the goal is equal opportunity for all Americans & I think we all agree on that, completely"

man shut your bitchass up with this conscience assuaging bs

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Eric H Cline @digkabri.bsky.social · 34m

Lecturing tomorrow (Thursday, October 16) at Mississippi State University to help kick off the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Cobb Institute of Archaeology. Come join us!

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 37m

"Here's the Truth About Trump's 'Peace Plan' for Gaza"

The US allowed Netanyahu to create four key loopholes in the deal to ensure Israel can continue its Gaza genocide - regardless of the 'ceasefire' deal.

Read/share/subscribe:

Here's the Truth About Trump's 'Peace Plan' for Gaza

The US allowed Netanyahu to create four key loopholes in the deal to ensure Israel can continue its Gaza genocide – regardless of the 'ceasefire' agreement.

zeteo.com

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 37m

Louisiana guy "If you look at the black population in Louisiana, they're all over the place."

Again, the fundamental argument for why Louisiana (which has 6 congressional districts and is 1/3 nonwhite) should over-represent white folks is because black folks are "too spread out."

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En Buen Ora - "Hell Çid" 😈 @enbuenora.bsky.social · 37m

A good exploration of research on why majorities of white women voters have consistently for Donald Trump.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Coa7...

The Reason White Women Vote Trump Is Sicker Than We Thought

YouTube video by Channel 100 News with Evie

www.youtube.com

En Buen Ora - "Hell Çid" 😈 @enbuenora.bsky.social · 39m

racism: good, Constitutional, very Founding Father
anti-racism: bad, un-Constitutional, probably domestic terrorism

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 41m

The Louisiana argument is essentially that you CAN use race to be racist but you CAN'T use race to ameliorate racism.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 46m

Kagan: "It's not about intentional discrimination because Section 2 isn't about intentional discrimination, it's about effectual discrimination."

Again, this should be the winning argument. It won't be.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 47m

Kagan says that this is not a "Shelby County thing," because Section 5 was looking at the past, while Section 2 is asking is their discrimination "NOW."

Louisiana still says that there's nothing we should be allowed to do to fix Louisiana's racism.

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