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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 1m

that's right. they talk this way BECAUSE the in-group likes it

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1m

I think @politico.com did a great job in reporting this story, but I disagree with this framing. The participants did not think "no one" was listening; my guess is that they were playing to an audience that they thought would be receptive to their slurs.

The chat offers an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1m

I think @politico.com did a great job in reporting this story, but I disagree with this framing. The participants did not think "no one" was listening; my guess is that they were playing to an audience that they thought would be receptive to their slurs.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1h

These "kids" include a Vermont state senator, an aide to a New York Assemblyperson, and the general counsel for the New York Young Republicans. As Politico notes: "Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator."

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3h

Unreal stuff from the guy who is unflinchingly loyal to the Insurrectionist-in-Chief - you know, the President who pardoned the January 6 insurrectionists and wants to mandate “Ashli Babbitt: Blood Martyr” as a new national mythos.

I know we're not surprised - but let us not forget to be shocked.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3h

This entire argument by Louisiana and the conservatives questions are premised on an erasure of Congress’ enforcement power under the 14th & 15th Amendments.

Literally swinging for the fences to wipe out the premise for the legitimacy of Congress’ power to enact civil rights statutes.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 4h

Remember the thousands of "guy in a diner" stories about "economic anxiety" as the main force behind MAGA-ism?

Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 19h

This is disgusting. And I can GUARANTEE you that lots of dumps are going to come out about lots of Republican electeds who are way too close to the people in these texts. 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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Jon Green @jongreen.bsky.social · 6h

Pareene really nailed this in 2017 www.splinter.com/charlottesvi...

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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 1d

Unboxing my newly published book, Unfiltered Regard for China: French Perspectives from Mao to Xi. www.routledge.com/Unfiltered-R...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 9h

Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose:

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Michael C. Dorf @dorfonlaw.bsky.social · 8h

Following up on yesterday's SCOTUS oral argument, I continue my deep dive into whether Congress is forbidden from exercising its power under the Exceptions Clause in a way that impedes the Supreme Court's essential functions and, if so, what those functions are. Spoiler alert: it's complicated!

What are the "Essential Functions" of the Supreme Court?

Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Bowe v. United States . In my Verdict column previewing the case, I highlighted the case...

www.dorfonlaw.org

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Bonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · 8h

Yes IIRC, it was argued: Not only must they not be shamed, tolerating them was not enough either. They had to be heard out. Wait that was not enough. We had to respect our differences. No, actually we need to be friends with them; else we’re close minded. They broke the gaslight meter on this one.

Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 10h

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17h

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

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

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 18h

Boston looks forward to welcoming the world to our beautiful city, the cradle of liberty and city of champions.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 14h

Leaders who hint at arming themselves or their friends against domestic opponents rarely stop at words.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump to Milei: "Do you need any Tomahawks in Argentina? You need them for your opposition, I guess, because in this country they use Tomahawks on the opposition. I don't do that. I'm much nicer. The Democrats would use them if they had the chance. They're sick people."

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 15h

When I’m generous, you get funding. Elect someone I dislike, you don’t.” Trump is openly treating federal aid as a weapon. It’s the logic of dictators: obedience or retribution.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "The funding for New York, and for every place, comes through the White House. And I'm very generous, and I was always very generous with New York. But I wouldn't be generous to a communist that's gonna take the money and throw it out the window."

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Another almost-unbelievably terrible editorial in WaPo:

It conflates the "abundance-agenda" critique of NIMBY-ism and over-regulation, w corrupt MAGA war on cheapest and fastest-growing sources of energy (solar + wind).

MAGA ignorance ≠ NIMBY over-regulation

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | The shadow looming over Nevada’s solar boom

The cancellation of a massive solar project is a sad commentary on America’s energy development.

www.washingtonpost.com

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T. J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 1d

Remember, these are the people who surround GOP representatives, senators, justices of the Supreme Court, executive branch officials. Staffers and lower-level personnel create the social context, the accepted norms, that surround decisionmakers.

Goodbye republic.
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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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 15h

One of the terrible things about the conservative elites’ attacks on higher education is that they are giving their constituents the impression that the universe isn’t big, complicated, and fascinating — that it really does take this many people to work out how even a small fraction of it works

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10h

“What you did with Stephanopoulus to the Vice President? I don’t take questions from ABC fake news”

The thing they did was called journalism.

Vance was asked a fair question about whether Tom Homan took $50k.

He changed the topic & started lying.

Stephanopoulus called him out & cut him off.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 14h

Goddamn Kathy this video is 🔥get their asses.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

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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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h

Trump has a very simple worldview: the Presidency is not a public office, it is his property. He can use it to satisfy his personal or partisan whims, or to enrich himself.

So here, he threatens to reorganize an international competition, cohosted by Mexico and Canada, to settle a vendetta.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 16h

You can say amazing things if you know that the follow-up question will be "wow."

(Smith didn't plant anything at Mar-a-Lago because he was hired months after it was searched.)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Eric Trump: "We found out that Jack Smith was actually planting classified folders in Mar-a-Lago"

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 16h

So what do you say, J.D. Vance? You once feared Trump could be the American Adolf Hitler. But that seems to be the hope of the new generation of Republicans you’ve raised. Will you denounce this outbreak of antisemitism, racism and fascism in your party?

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘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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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 16h

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 16h

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 · 16h

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...

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