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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 3h

UPDATE: Dems lead every city council race in Aurora, Colorado - and could flip a 7-3 GOP majority into a 6-4 Dem edge - including what would be a shocking upset of MAGA media star Danielle Jurinsky, whose claims of a "complete gang takeover" led Trump to call Aurora "conquered." #copolitics

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 5h

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8h

57% of all ad spending by Republicans in the Virginia governors race was on anti trans ads. Just an incredibly mismanaged campaign. Anti-trans politics are a losing issue.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 8h

Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 7h

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

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Kellis @graveraindrop.bsky.social · 7h

Sometimes my state does good things

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7h

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.

Follow AP for live updates.

Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power

One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 8h

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC

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assbutt @nasboat.org · 8h

right now Big Cat and PFT Commenter are helping change Dave Portnoy's overflowing adult diaper

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8h

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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 12h

Sam Corcos, who entered government with DOGE earlier this year, decided to kill DirectFile after one meeting with with tax software lobbyists.

www.wired.com/story/doge-d...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 13h

Note: This is not the exact quote — which is weird, since it's on video and the pope said it in English.

But the exact quote conveys roughly the same meaning, and goes arguably even harder by making an apparent reference to the detention of migrants with no criminal record.

Rush transcript here:

"Let me say that I think, in the first place, the role of the church is to preach the gospel. And just a couple of days ago, we heard Matthew's Gospel chapter 25, which says Jesus says very clearly, at the end of the world, we're going to be asked, you know, 'how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive Him and welcome him or not?' And I think that there's a deep reflection that needs to be made in terms of what's happening. Many people who have lived for years and years and years never causing problems have been deeply affected by what's going on right now. The spiritual rights of people who have been detained should also be considered, and I would certainly invite the authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to the needs of those people. Many times, have been separated from their families for good amount of time. No one knows what's happening. But their own spiritual needs should be attended to."

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Kellis @graveraindrop.bsky.social · 13h

Okay but also the “odds” seem to have dropped by 2.3% (not clear if that’s percent or percentage points) but either way, probably doesn’t spell doom, even if they were 100% accurate and representative of the real world.

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public health guy 🦃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 13h

going to be a weird news week

jack to lemon: That information is classified. At least until Dick Cheney dies, which is gonna be a long time from now.
That man is mostly metal.

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public health guy 🦃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 1d

i don’t know how this gets prosecuted in the future, when all is said and done, but it’s a horrific crime that can’t be left to fester and normalize into our politics

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Kellis @graveraindrop.bsky.social · 2d

Gahnta

Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 2d

Every Steelers game report is like "Aaron Rodgers was an efficient 23-39 for 108 yards and Jaylen Warren picked up 24 yards on 31 carries as the Steelers beat the Jags 13-7 thanks to 11 Jaguar fumbles inside their own 10 yard line."

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It's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 4d

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 4d

BOO!

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Kellis @graveraindrop.bsky.social · 5d

No we haven’t done that, and if you hear that we have done that, we haven’t, says the most trustworthy administration in history.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Kristi Noem: "No American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those who are here illegally. And anything you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting."

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 5d

The unitary executive theory does not include releasing emergency funds for food. That is simply beyond the power of the president. How dare you even suggest he could wield such power.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 6d

The contrast with SNAP is deafening.

The White House is stretching well beyond what anyone could claim is legal in order to pay the troops — while simultaneously stretching beyond what’s legal to NOT pay SNAP benefits.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 6d

The White House says it’s going to use procurement dollars to illegally pay the troops for rather than do it the legal way of enacting a military pay bill.

You cannot w/ a straight face tell me using procurement dollars to pay the military adheres to the purpose statute and the Antideficiency Act.

Zoom in: Earlier in the week it was unclear whether the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) could find roughly $5.3 billion to make the military's payroll by Friday, but two White House officials tell Axios the money was found at the last minute. The OMB found:
$2.5 billion from a military housing fund specified in Trump's "big beautiful bill" to continue paying housing allowances for military personnel.
• $1.4 billion from the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation fund, which largely will cover U.S. Army and Air Force payroll. The account normally funds military research and was heavily relied upon two weeks ago to cover military paychecks.
• $1.4 billion from a Defense Department procurement account for building U.S. Navy ships, largely to fund the Navy and Marines.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 6d

The White House says it’s going to use procurement dollars to illegally pay the troops for rather than do it the legal way of enacting a military pay bill.

You cannot w/ a straight face tell me using procurement dollars to pay the military adheres to the purpose statute and the Antideficiency Act.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 6d

democrats of all stripes should be rallying around kat abughazaleh asap. it doesnt matter where you stand ideologically. trying to jail dissenters is fundamentally unamerican and 100% fascist. democratic leaders at all levels should be making noise about it. you dont need a poll or focus group.

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 6d

New: Progressive congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh has been indicted over protests outside Chicago-area ICE facility after videos of confrontations with federal agents have fueled right-wing calls for her arrest. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/k...

Kat Abughazaleh indicted over protests outside Chicago-area ICE facility

The progressive Democratic congressional candidate's videos of confrontations with federal agents have fueled right-wing calls for her arrest.

www.msnbc.com

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 6d

🚫 NO DMS 🚫 NO CRYPTO 🚫 NO TELLING ME THAT SOMETHING IS "BOFA" 🚫 NO SLEIGHT OF HAND TO MAKE IT APPEAR AS THOUGH YOU HAVE PULLED A QUARTER OUT OF MY EAR 🚫 NO PRETENDING TO HAVE "GOTTEN MY NOSE" 🚫 NO ASKING ME "PETE AND RE-PEAT WERE IN A BOAT, PETE FELL OUT, WHO WAS LEFT" 🚫

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Kellis @graveraindrop.bsky.social · 6d

Deadass Utah should give the money they’re spending on this to 1,300 houseless people. It would do so much more good. And it shows that this has nothing to do with money, but instead that those in power do not want to fix the problem.

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 6d

Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.

Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:

In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape

www.nytimes.com