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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 31m

In some states, if a candidate withdraws (or dies) after it's too late to change ballots, or even after winning, the party can still name a replacement and the votes will count for them. Not an option in VA. If Jay Jones formally dropped out, votes for him simply wouldn't count, GOP wins by default.

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AdotSad @adotsad.bsky.social · 10h

Voters really choose these guys

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

COLLINS: The Dept of Energy just canceled $1b for a hydrogen hub that covers Montana. Is that taking away good-paying jobs?

SHEEHY: Of course it is. We want govt to be open

C: But the Energy Secretary says he would've pulled that funding even if govt was open

S: ... Well, that's unfortunate

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 11h

it wasn't enough that our cities and states already paid far more than they receive from the federal government. the people who elected trump want to steal more from us, to give to Argentina, to give to ICE, to give to billionaires. Intolerable

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 13h

Trump admin has frozen or cancelled $28 b for projects, almost all in Dem districts. Small amount of frozen funds in GOP districts are in predominately Dem states (CA, OR, WA, CO, MN, IL, NY, MD), or in predominately Dem cities (St Louis, Atlanta, Greenville) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump admin is freezing or cancelling billions of dollars in funding for projects in Democratic areas.

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 9h

Prestige journalism really deserves the agonizing decades long death it's suffering through, it just sucks we have to live in the rubble of their hubris and maliciousness

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 10h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10h

Trump take cars

CNN @cnn.com · 10h

New car buyers can expect to shell out an average of more than $50,000 for the first time, according to a report from Kelley Blue Book. https://cnn.it/4odLnaO

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greenbirds.bsky.social @greenbirds.bsky.social · 1h

And prior to that, she was by far the most unprofessional publicly known journalist

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 2h

Yet another reminder that the reason Nuzzi was fired was not a relationship with RFK Jr it was not telling her editor about it, her infraction was professional, not tawdry

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 9h

She's not being rewarded despite printing lies in the newspaper, she's being rewarded because she printed lies in the newspaper.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 10h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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ProSKULL Haram ♂🎃👻 @jack-hoff.bsky.social · 6h

Notably, the Obama reelection campaign at no point attempted to lynch him.

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greenbirds.bsky.social @greenbirds.bsky.social · 1h

a close up of a man in a christmas outfit with the words `` you sit on a throne of lies '' .

ALT: a close up of a man in a christmas outfit with the words `` you sit on a throne of lies '' .

media.tenor.com

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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 8h

Notably, Mitt Romney himself did not think that, nor did his inner circle

Dan in Kansas City @daninkc.bsky.social · 13h

The media smeared Mitt Romney as Hitler. Then Republicans thought, well we might as well run Hitler.

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 11h

Now that we have enough video series where celebrities eat or cook or hang out in a kitchen, I will start one where I interview famous people while we hand wash a sink full of dishes

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Weedle @weedle.bsky.social · 8h

Just one single person acknowledge the glaring hypocrisy of this that is all I am asking

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 23h

i am unfortunately increasingly inclined to say we should look to the invention of the printing press and the centuries of disorder and chaos and dysfunction that followed its introduction until people and the system eventually adjusted to a new reality where ppl could read nonsense & believe it

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 23h

I don't see how we can have a democracy when about one-third of our country's population is COMPLETELY psychotic and detached from reality. I mean that literally and in reference to many of my family members: they flat-out reject the real world and the very concept of evidence.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 23h

Today my lil cousin posted that "it's disrespectful to Holocaust survivors" to compare ICE detention to concentration camps. We're not Jewish, she's shown no interest in Jewish issues before...she's just a Fox-pilled shit-stirrer who likes what ICE is doing. I don't know what message will reach her.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10h

Let me strongly emphasize that you should not give someone money for committing a gross breach of professional ethics. You also shouldn't hire them for a prestigious new job but our industry is garbage, alas!

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 10h

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, @status.news has learned www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

no surprise here, jd vance has a vested interest in being able to be an open nazi in american politics

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 12h

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Vaquera Elisa @boxelderdust.bsky.social · 16h

If I was not willing to be as much I would not be going back out after the last No Kings march I went to ended in some cowboy vigilante moron gunning one of us down while trying to shoot a black bloc guy who thought it would be a good idea to to bring his rifle as a toy to show off with

Bakademic 🔞 @bakademic.bsky.social · 18h

Are you willing to be one of the people sacrificed. Talking like this only makes sense if you accept you might die doing this.

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Star Marshall of NC 🇺🇸 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦 @andrewtravler.bsky.social · 12h

“This bullshit has to stop” is a quote for the ages.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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greenbirds.bsky.social @greenbirds.bsky.social · 11h

a man with a beard is smiling and saying hey , look at us .

ALT: a man with a beard is smiling and saying hey , look at us .

media.tenor.com

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Shoe + @shoe.bsky.social · 11h

a man with a beard has a caption that says i was thinking the same thing

ALT: a man with a beard has a caption that says i was thinking the same thing

media.tenor.com

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 11h

My vote in the 2028 D primary for POTUS will hinge almost entirely on the % of this Administration they promise to imprison

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 11h

Man, it’s been sad to come back from Riyadh and two weeks of amazing comedy and community building to a country in shambles.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 13h

this is true, and I also would like activists to finally figure out that Facebook hates you and works for Donald Trump

Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 20h

"The DOJ will continue engaging tech companies to *eliminate platforms* . . ."

This is your daily reminder Bondi specifically, and MAGA generally, spent the last 4 years accusing the Biden admin of jawboning tech companies to take down content in violation of the 1A.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 15h

yeah man, i am saying specifically that optics which jibe with the values of the population whose opinion is being targeted are useful

Ricci Sergienko, Esq. @riccisergienko.bsky.social · 18h

there is plenty of propaganda made with black bloc tactics and direct action. I don’t get your point? Or are you conflating liberal optics to be the only form of effective propaganda?

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