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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3h

who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.

I tweet: "people who see 50% of their monthly paycheck go to rent don't care if a candidate eats with their hands. they want to hear what your candidate is going to do about housing."

John Galt 2025 replies: "Move if the cost of living is too high."

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 4h

anyway good night (from Monty and all of his beans)

Fluffy gray tripod tabby upside down and asleep with his paws over his head and in front of it, respectively. One fang dangles from his left lip.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 5h

get your money back from the nazi tattoo guy and give it to your local food bank

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

If you donated to Platner via ActBlue, you can get a refund!

Contact them NOW and ask for your money back!

Count Chuckula 🧛🏻‍♂️ (AH AH AH AH!) @sazeracla.bsky.social · 1d

I donated to his campaign. I was pissed off when it was revealed he worked as a merc, and debating what to do when the tattoo & queerphobic posts came out.

I contacted ActBlue, asked for it to be returned, got an acknowledgement of the return a few hours later; 2 days later it was in my account.

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Shannon Minter @shannonminter5.bsky.social · 5h

Gentle Ruby

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Turing Pest @krikalitika.bsky.social · 5h

Too late

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk in front of a screen that says latenight seth

Alt: Seth Meyers in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk recoiling in jump scare from an image of Stephen Miller on a screen

media.tenor.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 5h

this is embarrassing

the fascist loves his own reflection

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5h

As best I can tell, Trump added at least three mirrors outside at the White House.

A newly installed large mirror adorns a wall outside of the Oval Office at the White House Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Mirror next to a bust of Abraham Lincoln at the White House

Mirror at the White House being photographed by press

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 8h

#Caturday is a good day to entertain your cat…I mean, just let him go HAM in a paper fort or something, he’ll appreciate it.

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GONZO the Ghoastly 👻 @gonzo.bsky.social · 5h

Behaviores Report: 95% goode 5% theft of Charlies delushes tastey gravy treets

Orange and white cat, ornery. His behavior report is 95% good, 5% theft of Charliebrown's gravy treats

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 20h

This still holds up, and has only gotten worse since the election.

Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · Jul 5

Which of these people is a working-class voter?

Which is an identity politics voter?

The conventional wisdom's answers to those two questions is the root of much confusion about electoral politics in the US and Europe these days.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

(my broad view is that everyone is trying to find an easy shortcut rather than the more difficult work of building an actual relationship between the party and both the voters it has and the voters it wants)

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

i think i would honestly find this whole discourse more tolerable if people simply said what they were actually saying, which is that they think the Democratic Party is too associated with femininity (and secondarily, with black people) and that they want to correct this

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endora bullshit @endora-bullshit.bsky.social · 13h

*sorry, it got edited out when i was making the post? he's also talking about women and queer people, tho focused on Black people

white, male, straight are the mold being sought

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endora bullshit @endora-bullshit.bsky.social · 16h

SeanDaBlack talked about this - about how the feeling he and others are getting is "be quiet, we're trying to talk to white people!" that the push for dems to "be normal" is to be white and straight and male.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

i think i would honestly find this whole discourse more tolerable if people simply said what they were actually saying, which is that they think the Democratic Party is too associated with femininity (and secondarily, with black people) and that they want to correct this

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

Near Milwaukee, two lives intersect in a house that catches fire.

What came before and after shows there’s one kind of justice for those who own and another for those who rent.

(Published 2022 w/ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

The Landlord, the Tenant and a House Fire in Milwaukee

A young mother rents a house near Milwaukee. The previous tenant tells her, “Baby, they shouldn’t have let you move in.”

www.propublica.org

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Torr 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 6h

“Rule of Law alert:

Trump’s [alleged] authority for country-specific tariffs comes from the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which doesn’t mention tariffs—but *does* require a “national emergency.”

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 9h

Rule of Law Alert: Trump’s authority for country-specific tariffs comes from the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which doesn’t mention tariffs—but does require a national emergency.

An ad showing that Reagan opposed tariffs surely is not a national emergency. (It may be a personal one)

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 7h

Does it matter that THERE IS NO EMERGENCY that justifies Trump’s occupation of cities. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 7h

By supporting Cuomo, all of these people are supporting inexcusable racism and bigotry. Eternal shame.

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 7h

The max an individual can donate to the 2025 NYC Mayor’s race is $3,700 per candidate.

These billionaires each dropped over a million against Zohran Mamdani:

Michael Bloomberg: $8.3M
Joseph Gebbia: $3M
Lauder family: $2.6M
Bill Ackman: $1.75M
Tisch Family: $1.2M
John Hess: $1M

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 7h

Re-upping this because…. There is no emergency except those of Trunp’s making. Would love to see more focus here.

open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Emergency-Gate: Focus on Challenging the Premise of Trump’s Power

*neighborhood in southeast Baltimore

open.substack.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 7h

Praying for the Jamaican people tonight.

www.nbcnews.com/weather/stor...

Hurricane Melissa could be Jamaica's most powerful storm in history

“There is nowhere that will escape the wrath of this storm,” said Evan Thompson of Jamaica’s Meteorological Service. Melissa is already blamed for four deaths.

www.nbcnews.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah and there’s a bot army across social media platforms trying to say they don’t work. When in reality many work and are just STILL below the poverty line. Which should enrage everyone.

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hand_to_eye @delightw2023.bsky.social · 7h

Ppl on SNAP are on SNAP bc they are living BELOW the poverty line.

You have to be really poor to qualify for SNAP.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 9h

Furloughed federal workers in Maryland line up for their local food bank.

Federal workers make considerably more money than those on SNAP.

If they can’t afford groceries, what hope do the 40 million Americans about to lose food assistance have?

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dorian @doriantaylor.com · 7h

i liked the remark that was like "he's already spent more than i'd have taxed him"

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7h

very cool that the police commissioner’s family is involved!

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 7h

The max an individual can donate to the 2025 NYC Mayor’s race is $3,700 per candidate.

These billionaires each dropped over a million against Zohran Mamdani:

Michael Bloomberg: $8.3M
Joseph Gebbia: $3M
Lauder family: $2.6M
Bill Ackman: $1.75M
Tisch Family: $1.2M
John Hess: $1M

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 7h

The max an individual can donate to the 2025 NYC Mayor’s race is $3,700 per candidate.

These billionaires each dropped over a million against Zohran Mamdani:

Michael Bloomberg: $8.3M
Joseph Gebbia: $3M
Lauder family: $2.6M
Bill Ackman: $1.75M
Tisch Family: $1.2M
John Hess: $1M

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