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Bea @autiebea.bsky.social · 3d

meanwhile, the republicans people elected

promptly reversed ballot initiatives the people voted for.

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mikesardo.bsky.social @mikesardo.bsky.social · 3d

I think this comes from too many national media people viewing all issues as just a low-stakes spat between the political elites, our nation's cool kids in their minds. That their job is just to gossip about who is talkin shit about what, who got dumped, who's going to prom with who.

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Christopher Morgan @chrism1973.bsky.social · 3d

This is despotic rule. Either the political press is too stupid to realize what they’re allowing or they’re in on it. The citizens of NYC pay fed taxes. It’s not up to one man to decide who gets to be a leader of a city or state.
The pushback should go to Trump not the candidate or voters.

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In so much of our media and national discourse, Conservatism is seen as the “default” belief while liberals and leftists are considered as if they don’t exist, or are too naive to have adopted the everyman’s way of thinking yet.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22d

the extent to which media elites treat liberal americans as if they do not count in the body politic is a real problem

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 3d

Crazy how much some media has normalized the idea that voters are taking a risk if they elect governors/mayors who will defy Trump. That he’ll threaten their funding, etc.

Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.

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Indivisible Guilford NC ❌️ 👑 @indivisiblegconc.bsky.social · 11h

Democracy dies in silence - AND IN DARKNESS - so we are lighting it up! This protest is every Thursday so come join in and bring your signs, banners, and costumes! You are not alone and we are here to light the way! Please read entire thread! 🧵🧵🧵

#LightTheWay

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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 2h

Here's my piece for @lawfaremedia.org on my experience covering the Sandwich Guy trial. Warning: longer than 280 characters!
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...

Sandwich Guy, Thrower of Hoagie–Or Hero?

The trial ended in an acquittal. But the proceedings felt like a strange sort of performance art—highly amusing and highly menacing at the same time.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2h

BREAKING:

A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits.

Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.

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Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · 2h

I mean I know @mayorwu.boston.gov has been working on this (perhaps this is not what you mean, apologies if so)

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 6d

Wu: #Boston and the Boston Foundation starting a fund to help 140,000 Bostonians who get SNAP benefits to afford food. Starting with $1 million in seed funding. BPS, BHA will be alerting people how to get aid, 311 operators trained on resources.

boston.gov/snap

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Wake County Democratic Party @wakedems.bsky.social · 1d

At exit polls, voters said their top two issues were affordability and healthcare.

In the last month:

✅ Gov. Stein has already wiped out $6.5B in medical debt for NC
✅ He secured $18M for food banks statewide
✅ And Jeff Jackson fought to unlock SNAP funding held at the USDA

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NC Stories @ncstories.bsky.social · 3d

In NC, don't expect state lawmakers to provide much emergency SNAP funding
More than 1.4 million North Carolinians are poised to enter November without federal subsidies they rely on for food -- and without any assurances that relief is on the way. #ncpol
www.wral.com/story/in-nc-...

In NC, don’t expect state lawmakers to provide much emergency SNAP funding

More than 1.4 million North Carolinians are poised to enter November without federal subsidies they rely on for food -- and without any assurances that relief is on the way.

www.wral.com

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Kathleen P @kathpadden.bsky.social · 1h

Make hundred thousandaires, millionaires & billionaires pay as much taxes as a sch teacher. Eliminate the social sec cap of $176k so that no matter how much you make, you pay on the total. These 2 initiatives alone would even the playing field, make social security solvent forever & fund programs.

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Charles Taggart @sikolnam.bsky.social · 13h

All this plus *building homes*. Any economic gains will just get swallowed up by housing costs if we don’t fix the housing supply issues which face most blue states.

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Ken Lagomarsino 🇺🇦 @klago.bsky.social · 23h

Democrats need to propose concrete economic policies, not just spew vague platitudes: aggressively progressive tax schedule ala post WW II, living minimum wage ($25 hr?), universal health care. Own it! Yes, redistribute wealth!

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 1h

To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.

Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 1h

Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.

Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 7h

Never been a better time for journalists and politicians to get off of X.

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16h

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

news.sky.com

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Brian Straw @brianstraw.bsky.social · 11h

Since the federal government announced charges against me and five others for protesting at Broadview, people have asked how they can help. Right now, I need support for my legal defense fund so I can fight these unjust charges—and for our collective First Amendment rights.

Brian Straw Legal Defense Fund

Together, we can show our neighbors, friends, and children that we have the courage to do what is right.

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 10h

it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 19h

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity

Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.

electrek.co

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 10h

you can have so much cheap energy that the sensible thing is to give some of it away for free, or you can expensively mine the planet for finite resources and pretend the future will never come to america

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 10h

i often think about how the us could have been an early leader on solar power. but it turns out all that capitalist stuff about the spirit of innovation and better ideas winning was bullshit. they’ll protect their dying and dirty industry at any cost so long as obsolescence can still make a dime

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

How did Georgia pull off their first statewide win in non-federal races in 19 years—and so convincingly?

Turnout, turnout, turnout.

The state's 10 largest blue counties made up more than 52% of the total electorate. That compares to 44.6% last year, and 45.3% in the 2022 Senate runoff.