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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 56m

I'm not a Mainer, but I've gotten two fundraising texts from Janet Mills and while I liked her stand against Trump, I'm sending money to Platner today in protest of this unbelievably boneheaded move.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 59m

I had planned to stay out of the Maine Senate race for a while and respectfully consider the competing visions of both major candidates.

But I can’t do that now.

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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 3h

Are there no good billionaires who might buy and save the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building on Independence Avenue in Washington, D.C. and its murals? Please, America?

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maineboy65.bsky.social @maineboy65.bsky.social · 3h

I like Mills....I love Platner. Simple

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16h

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 17h

The US media is unfathomable in its framing of news.

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 19h

Seriously Biden got more hostages freed and longer ceasefires.

Where was his adulation and Time cover?

He didn’t deserve that? Agreed.

But then without any question neither does Trump!

Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1d

There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

oh. right.

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

“One former senior Trump administration official from the first term tells Zeteo that…when Trump was publicly dangling the idea of attacking Iranian cultural sites…the president indeed… asked…aides what they thought of striking the specific targets offered up by the likes of Hegseth &…Sean Hannity.”

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

For my piece today at @zeteo.com i wanted to truly underscore how punishingly stupid american fascism is now. Like, my original proposed headline for this was:

Our Democracy Is Imperiled Because One Old Man Won’t Stop ‘Yelling’ At His TV. zeteo.com/p/trump-addi...

Trump’s Addiction to Watching Fox Is Killing American Democracy

Our country is falling apart because one old man, Trump advisers and former administration officials say, won’t stop ‘yelling’ at his TV.

zeteo.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

if we are going to have a supreme court that is as powerful as it is, i basically think justices should be forbidden from public comment on their work as well as any supplemental source of income while they are on the bench. (they should also ride circuit again but that's a bit separate.)

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 2d

The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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starwalker @starwalkers.bsky.social · 2d

Separation of Church and Hate by John Fugelsang

John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 3d

# of times the Bible forbids/demands penalties for abortion- 0
# of times the Bible justifies keeping out immigrants-0
# of times Jesus condemns homosexuality-0
# of times the Bible addresses poverty, justice and compassion for the poor- over 2,000
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

In the last week, Donald Trump has insisted that there are no more stores left in war-ravaged Portland, asserted that Joe Biden was president during the January 6th insurrection, hosted conspiracy theorists for an "Antifa" summit, and said he'd consider pardoning his good friend the sex trafficker.

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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 2d

A beautiful reminder to fight back in solidarity from a neighbor to the north
charlieangus.substack.com/p/a-thanksgi...

A Thanksgiving of Resistance

Every year at this time as I watch the yellow leaves being blown off the trees and the cold wind of October tingling the air, I’m reminded of a decision that changed my life.

charlieangus.substack.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

The One Big Beautiful Bill cut a trillion dollars from healthcare, Schoolmarm Johnson

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "Republicans are the party that are fixing healthcare. We just demonstrated that in the one big beautiful bill."

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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 3d

Gorgeous.

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Reverend Jesus "Ł" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 4d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 3d

2026 To Do List

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

Democrats has a trifecta in 2021 and did not do any of these things. Maybe Dems should be taking notes on power politics here.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 4d

Whoa. Really good.

Kev - Just don't call me late for dinner. Stronger Together! @57kev.bsky.social · 4d

Thurber is one of the best satirists ever. This isn't that long please check it out.

Kev - Just don't call me late for dinner. Stronger Together! @57kev.bsky.social · 4d

I want a box to hide in!
This is truly how I feel these days - please listen it truly an awesome short story.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 5d

Truly excellent new piece by Lincoln Caplan in @harvardmagazine.bsky.social on John Roberts, seen in full.

Careful, meticulous, devastating case on how "institutionalist" has enabled destruction of crucial institutions. Including his now discredited court.
www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

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Their outcomes, along with the Court’s actions in the last few years, carry the seeds of American tragedy. Roberts, often described as an institutionalist, has enabled the most hostile anti-institutionalist ever elected president. The leader of the nation’s judicial system has empowered the president who is the most disdainful in history of the decrees of judges, the provisos of the Constitution, and the workings of American democracy. The chief justice, attempting to thread the needle between principle and practicality, has opened the door to the possibility of the ultimate constitutional crisis: a president’s outright defiance of the Supreme Court.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4d

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 4d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 4d

Two enthusiastic thumbs up.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile starts... now.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4d

"... part of rising faith-based pushback to the Trump administration..."

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

religionnews.com

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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 4d

In years to come, people are going to shake their heads. This is a level of grift and corruption that should be putting everyone in the streets.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

I’m mildly surprised that Republican voters and America Firsters have bought Scott Bessent’s bullshit that American taxpayers aren’t shipping billions to Argentina to bail out the massive personal investments of Bessent’s friends. I guess loyalty to these crooks takes precedent.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption.

My full statement:

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 4d

“Satire is the most powerful weapon in a democracy because it forces people to laugh at their leaders, and once you make people laugh at authority, you’ve won.” - Lenny Bruce and others @diaperdiplomacy-m.bsky.social

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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 4d

Can't be loudly stressed enough.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

There’s a reason academics universally rejected the initial push to canonize Charlie Kirk as a saint devoted to free speech.

We know all too well that’s the exact opposite of reality.

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 4d

I know this case is all over - & it should be - but Turning Point USA has waged a harassment campaign against faculty for more than a decade. I know of at least a half dozen other faculty, personally, who have received death threats and several of those who felt so unsafe they too left their homes