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LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was

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Rabid Democrat. Old lady with opinions.

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LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · Nov 17

This entire thread is essential information.

Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · Nov 16

We have to view the challenge as The People vs. Trump + MAGA + Big Tech + Billionaires.

In this context, Big Tech = The Death Star.

Big Tech includes not only platforms, but also crypto & generative AI; one giant system of interrelated elements. All produce far more harm than good. 6/

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LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 17h

statute of limitations

LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 18h

shame

LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 18h

SOL - and by that I mean statute of limitations. Never forget.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 18h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

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LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 18h

A decade or so from now history will call this era the Interregnum or something similar.

A No-Law's-Land dating from Citizens United to when the Appalling Six on the supreme court were impeached or otherwise neutralized and government of, by, and for the people restored.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 19h

So this is just facially illegal right?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidef...

LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 22h

Thus demonstrating why Democrats would be out of their minds to rely on the word of Republicans.

LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 1d

there's a difference between having virtue and wanting to be seen as having virtue

LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 1d

smarmy stupid little waste of space

LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 1d

according to Merriam-Webster:

shit show noun
or less commonly shit·show \ ˈshit-ˌshō \ or shit–show
plural shit shows also shit·shows or shit–shows
informal + vulgar
: something (such as an event or a situation) that is chaotic, contentious, or unpleasant to an excessive or absurd degree

LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 1d

a black and white photo of a robot with the words danger will robinson written on it .

Alt: Robot saying danger Will Robinson.

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LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 1d

!! How come I didn't know about this podcast? Organized Money - check it out.

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 2d

Great episode of the Organized Money podcast out today.
We talk to Herb Greenberg, a financial journalist and stock analyst, about the AI bubble, and why the financing is looking more like pre-financial crisis of 2008 rather than late-90s dot-com. Essential stuff.

The AI Bubble: More Subprime Than Dot Com

Veteran Wall Street reporter Herb Greenberg joins to discuss the AI bubble and the history of hyper-inflated markets.

www.organizedmoney.fm

LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 1d

My first, sometimes only, podcast of the day. Essential.

LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 1d

effing Republicans. They're just shitty people, let's face it (gift link):

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Thousands of immigrants who paid into Medicare will lose coverage in 2027

New eligibility rules under Trump's "big beautiful bill" will cause victims of human trafficking and domestic violence, and other immigrants who are already enrolled in Medicare to lose coverage.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 1d

Y’all think romance scams are scary now? Just wait until your AI “girlfriend” starts blackmailing you…

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LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 1d

And Romancelandia thought they stole all the books to have AI churn out slop erotica.

Turns out they just wanted to design new porn products - a project worthy of sacrificing the world's environment to achieve.

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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 1d

Atheists are constantly portrayed as lacking morality, yet this is what the “Christian values” crowd gets up to.

Politico @politico.com · 2d

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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Call me Krazi @krazikrone.bsky.social · 5d

Did you know Nixon never served a day in prison because he was pardoned?
But his Attorney General did.
His Chief of Staff did.
His Domestic Affairs Adviser did.
His Special Counsel did.
His campaign chairman did.
Even members of his re-election committee did time.

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LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 1d

A vote against Janet Mills is a vote against the Democratic Party leadership. Once again, Chuck Schumer has stepped on a rake.

LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 2d

the campaign commercials for 2026 write themselves...

LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 2d

I feel seen! Perfectly said.

LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 2d

The California Water Board is highly professional and reasonably balanced regarding corporate, environmental, and public interests. I'd say Newsom wants to protect his tech oligarchs from oversight.

LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 2d

Jaysus! He's like the Mafia, except instead of just when you think you're out, they pull you back in, with Newsom it's just when you think you might give him some slack, he reminds you what a slimy political bought-and-paid-for hack he is.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2d

It's really simple

Voters want an opposition party that will fight for them, and democracy, like there's no tomorrow

Dem elites want a members-only social club where polite, dues-paying members who they like to see at cocktail parties get rewarded with plum roles www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Chuck Schumer gets his preferred candidate, Janet Mills, in crowded Maine Senate race

Schumer had been aggressively recruiting Mills to challenge Republican Susan Collins.

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LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 2d

Ha! He's so hapless.

He's just served up a substitute punching bag (poor Gov Mills) for Dems to vent their anger with him and all the feckless Democratic leadership.

Sad career end for Mills, who's already rendered herself unelectable by sucking up to Collins.

LK_Rigel ... America wasn't Gilead, until it was @lkrigel.bsky.social · 2d

His career so far seems focused on being in the MAGA pipeline to greatness, not really interested in his district except as a starting platform. I won't be surprised if he ends up in the Trump admin after Nov 2026.