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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 14d

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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 2h

This is a must read and a 5 alarm fire. The Supreme Court is on the verge of allowing vote dilution and eliminating majority Black districts in the South.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...

Opinion | The Shadow of Jim Crow Looms Over the Supreme Court

www.nytimes.com

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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 3h

i made a music-specific starter pack of folks to follow!

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 3h

I have a theory!!!!!

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4h

NEWS: CBS News head of standards Claudia Milne has quit. It was announced in the network’s 9 am editorial meeting. Bari Weiss was not on the call. According to a source, Milne gave thanks but did not say why she’s leaving the network.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

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

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 20h

I read the piece. You shouldn't. He dismisses the "No Kings" protests as liberals in blue cities. He invokes Rosa Parks, as if rural white people in the 60s loved everything that the movement then was doing. "We need a movement but not this one" is a core centrist tact these days.

Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 20h

Is this a joke. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 4h

Zohran has shown that the way you win elections is by practicing Politics and both the Democratic Party more broadly and the bsky progressive left could learn a lot from what he's done and why it's broken with their preferred frames of action

Ashwin Rodrigues @ashwinrodrigues.com · 4h

Zohran Mamdani appears to have gained a lot favor with some skeptics by simply reaching out to them

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/m...

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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Keith Phipps @kphipps3000.bsky.social · 14h

If you're just showing up on Bluesky, this is a good starter pack. (Also good if you've been here a while, I guess.)

Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 14h

go.bsky.app/QGgkZaB

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 20h

Interestingly, the guy on the left, Blake Neff, was fired by Tucker Carlson in 2020 because he was revealed to be gut bucket misogynist and white supremacist. www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/m...

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 21h

The reason why the lower levels of the GOP are infested with outright Nazis is because the highest echelons are as well.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

asylum but only for racists apparently www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 21h

holy shit [cc @nytpitchbot.bsky.social]

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 21h

Stefanik has openly promoted great replacement theory, so her issue is with the specific vocabulary in the group chat and not the general ideas being discussed.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

Elise Stefanik is scrubbing photos of herself accepting awards from the vile Young Republicans caught in the Politico group chat. She supported every single one of them in New York State.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 21h

mike davis — an incredibly prominent dc conservative tied to the federalist society — calling the highest ranking black member of congress a “house slave” is so beyond the pale and rubicon crossing. i cannot unsee this. my gosh. wow. where are we right now

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 21h

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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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 21h

I never thought I’d miss the day when the antisemitic dog whistles were actually still dog whistles.

Politico @politico.com · 22h

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22h

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22h

I don't get a ton of FB traffic and can remember only one other post in the last year or so that got shared as much as this article. you may be "unsurprised" as an extremely online person but people seem to be paying attention to this, for whatever that's worth

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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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 22h

Weird how this stuff keeps happening to Republicans!

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

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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robert mueller. fbi @spiritnight.bsky.social · 14d

MIRACLE WORKER - "HAPPY AGAIN"

new song ft.
@miserablechillers.bsky.social
@motroper.bsky.social
@rozwellkid.bsky.social
+ me and annie

RIYL: the sundays, the cranberries, dressy bessy, REM, the beatles

SPOTIFY: bit.ly/42jSK8j
APPLE: bit.ly/4gOwkSF

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 23h

Centrist pundits are obsessed with
our inability to form friendships across partisan divides and how it is ruining the social fabric of America. But while I’d be happy to be friends with someone who disagrees with me about zoning laws, I don’t want to befriend someone who jokes about gas chambers.

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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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 23h

Too many leaders from the same party claim to be champions of Jewish safety all while ignoring vile antisemitism under their roof.

When we say that fighting the weaponization of antisemitism is critical to stopping antisemitism, this is exactly what we mean.

‘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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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 1d

NEW: If the United States is to get past authoritarianism, the Republican party will eventually have to get past Trump. Outlook for the next generation: not so good.
www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-pr...

All the Pretty Little Nazis

The shape of things to come.

www.thebulwark.com

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 1d

The leaked chats between Young Republican leaders were obviously disgusting.

JD Vance’s efforts to downplay the scandal and complain about “pearl clutching” made an awful story worse. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

JD Vance tries to downplay leak of disgusting Young Republican chats

For the vice president to suggest it’s “pearl clutching” to condemn those who were part of a racist group chat says a great deal about his judgment.

www.msnbc.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

I bet you’ll see a bunch of normal folks with patriotic signs and American flags whose collective protest embodies the foundational truths of this republic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1d

It's somehow both wildly underreported and just out in the open that the vice president is either a neo-Nazi or, at a bare minimum, a neo-Nazi fellow traveler.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 1d

Quite the story! ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat @politico.com

‘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.

politi.co

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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 1d

John Roberts has been trying to kill Voting Rights Act since he was young lawyer in Reagan DOJ. Today SCOTUS will hear case that could dismantle what's left of VRA, turbocharge racial gerrymandering & rig House for GOP. Huge stakes for American democracy www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The nation's landmark voting rights law just turned 60. It may not survive Trump.

“The long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.”

www.motherjones.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

The more people turn out this weekend, the more obvious the lie here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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