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James Bennett

@ubernostrum.bsky.social

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The man with the plan and the pocket comb. Joe Biden was a good President who did good things, and Kamala Harris would’ve been even better. Here: politics, baseball, Tolkien memes. Sometimes in that order. @b-list.org for the tech side of me. he/him

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James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · Aug 7

Anyway, I just want to hurl the rebel crew from the land I love the best. I don’t see why that should be controversial.

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Democrats @democrats.org · 1h

He's doing this as he wines and dines billionaire donors from Palantir and Lockheed Martin btw

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 2h

Trump shows off his models to his wealthy donors:

"So that's Lady Liberty. Lady, did you ever hear of Lady Liberty? But, uh, so the sizes would be very different than this lady. They did this and they did that. So this would be... small, medium, and large."

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 1h

"This brilliant anti-establishment candidate can win only if he faces no opposition from the establishment" is a transparently self-refuting argument but you see it all the time

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 2h

I have no opinion about the Maine Senate primary but "my guy is a world-historic political talent, and if he gets a primary opponent this is tantamount to him being forced out of the race" is a singularly unpersuasive argument

CJ 🏳️‍🌈🤘 @nemoblue.bsky.social · 14h

my man, nobody is "sure to win" against Susan Collins, she is literally one of the most talented & successful Republican politicians of the last 60+ years. anyone who says ANY Democrat is a sure thing in Maine clearly has no clue what the fuck they're talking about other than their own vibes.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 2h

Today I learned that Noam Chomsky has lent his name to a creationist website funded by Peter Thiel.

Someone should let his kids know what he's up to on the internet. What an absolute disgrace for him.

A screenshot from the website Inference Review that reads as follows:

Noam Chomsky
Institute Professor and Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus, at MIT. Member of the US National Academy of Sciences.

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Marcy Kaptur @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social · 5h

Over 21 days have passed since Adelita Grijalva won her election but Speaker Johnson refuses to seat her. Why? Because she is the last signature needed to release the Epstein Files. Arizonans deserve representation. Justice demands transparency. The Speaker needs to #SwearHerIn!

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Congresswoman Nikema Williams @repnikema.bsky.social · 5h

I’m in D.C., standing up for the #FightingFifth and doing the job I was sent here to do. I won’t stop fighting to protect your healthcare. The #RepublicanShutdown continues — and Republicans are nowhere in sight.

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Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. @reptroycarter.bsky.social · 5h

Today, #SCOTUS heard oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, a case that could dismantle what remains of the #VotingRightsAct of 1965. I stand with my #CBC colleagues to protect the voices not just of Black Louisianians, but of all people across our nation, and to defend the sacred right to vote.

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James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · 3h

You’re a Hall of Fame poaster.

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 5h

White working class voters left Democrats, but not over economic policy share.google/2gdxfA8aOrGZ...

Opinion - What we don't talk about when we talk about 'working class voters'

In 1968, 52% of white people who never attended college voted for the Democratic candidate, and in 2020, just 35% did.

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Nicole Snark @nicokow.bsky.social · 3h

GUESS WHAT IT WAS OVER?

I’ll wait while you give it a think.

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💥LazarAAWOOOTagWolf @lazartagwolf.bsky.social · 4h

I’m sure we’ll see thousands of college protesters swarming campuses demanding that the rights of Black voters not be stripped away? They can make posters, barricade buildings, the works.
Any day now, right?

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Alice in Keynes @aliceinkeynes.bsky.social · 4h

Imagine having the chance to fill out a paper ballot and mail it in to oppose this shit and not doing it.

Emily Badger @emmbadger.bsky.social · 11h

If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act falls, Democrats might need to win the national popular vote by 5 to 6 points to take control of the House, via Nate Cohn
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · 4h

And here it is: this is someone who thinks there should’ve been a fresh primary and more of a “break” from the Biden admin (presumably by throwing Harris under the bus along with Biden).

Screenshot of another post from “sneakynics”, this time saying:

That late exit either (a) kneecapped Harris's campaign or (b) blocked a primary; both less perilous than what we got. Without a clean break, Biden's unpopularity kept dragging down the ticket. We ignored those warnings at our peril. Disagree with the interpretation but the facts aren't in dispute

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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 4h

Has the Independent Senator in Vermont called for the racist, first-term Republican state senator from Orleans County to resign for his participation in the Young Republicans’ Hitler-loving group chat or are state politics still not his to worry about?

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 7h

And the craziest part is this was needless. Congress would've passed a military pay bill with near unanimous support! Congressional Ds have been begging Rs to bring a bill to pay the military to the floor! But Johnson refuses to gavel in because he doesn't want an Epstein vote.

Johnson wearing a jacket that's photoshopped to say "this has nothing to do with epstein"

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 4h

My question for Sen. Sheehy, can you clarify: are you OK with Trump cutting this $1 billion investment from our states?

As he now knows, this has nothing to do with the shutdown and everything to do with Trump going after Democrats.

We should be working together to protect this project.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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Howard ✡🟦🎗 @howarda-atlaw.bsky.social · 4h

Please read this thread.

We warned the "progressives" SCOTUS mattered in 2016. The ignored us. We warned voting rights were at risk with Project 2025, they whined "GenocideJoeKillerKamala",

Do progressives WANT Black people to lose the right to vote?

Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 6h

This was always the plan.

That’s why Black Folks begged people to pay attention to voting rights.

Folks ignored us and now the demographic that ALWAYS stands in the gap and puts up huge numbers for progressive legislation to get passed is going to have our vote diluted.

The regressives on the

Bear Jewess 🟦🎗️ @388shark.bsky.social · 6h

Understand.

This country is on track to make sure Black people can never vote or be represented again. It’s happening.

Voting Rights is the root of EVERYTHING. Voting rights are about to END.

I know there’s a lot going on. But without Voting Rights… this country ENDS.

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 16h

Hamas has executed at least 33 people since the “ceasefire” began. 7 were dragged into Gaza City Square and shot there, for the high crime of opposing Hamas. Yet the pro-Palestine protestors don’t object.Because most of them are pro-Hamas and always have been. they just hate Jews.

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Jerrel XL @jerrelxl.bsky.social · 5h

I agree with this is a lot. A lot of talk on here is about white liberals talking to red state CULTISTS who don’t even live in the same states or regions as them but a bigger impact would be for white liberals to educate the racist know it all far leftists who do live in Blue States and Cities

Lauren-Ashley Arts @laurenashley087.bsky.social · 5h

You need to deprogram your nieces and nephews. You need to sit their asses down, watch Eyes on the Prize TOGETHER, and then explain to them how attacking the Democratic Party has destroyed what *actual* freedom fighters gave their *actual* lives to defend.

It’s up to the whites to do this work.

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 14h

nailed it!!! absolutely iconic work by @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social

its a pizzacakecomic illustrating the difference between how young republicans portray themselves privately versus publicly using examples of texts from a leaked chat from yesterdays politico report

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 16h

Swear to God, after 2024 I don't want to fucking hear 'candidate OLD' ever fucking again

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James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · 5h

an older man in a suit and pink shirt is sitting at a table with a notebook and water bottles .

Alt: “oh my god he admit it” meme

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James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · Mar 5

Reminder that this person was hired as Bernie’s campaign press secretary for 2020 AFTER saying things like this about 2016.

Briahna Joy Gray tweets, in February 2017:

@nprpolitics you guys are 100% wrong re the importance of the SCOTUS in support for HRC.

As a Bernie then Stein supporter, that's all I heard in response to arguments re HRCs many deficits. It was the trump card.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 7h

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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