B.J. Gunts
@bjgunts.bsky.social
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Producer @allinwithchris.bsky.social. Posts are probably somebody else's fault. Stumbling as I fall from grace. @bjgunts on the other sites.
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jamellebouie.net
a real question for the roberts majority is what in their view distinguishes jim crow disenfranchisement from majority-minority districts? a related question is what in their view made the typical jim crow law — which was facially neutral — unconstitutional?
jamellebouie.net
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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tomjoscelyn.bsky.social
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.
Mike Davis racist smear
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atrupar.com
Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."
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adamweinstein.bsky.social
It's been a fact of my entire working life, but I can't for the life of me understand why open, explicitly partisan gerrymandering is legal in the first place
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davidcorn.bsky.social
Just locker-room talk, right?

And these were not kids. They were adults, some working iwthin the Trump administration.
thebulwark.com
Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."
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jemillerbalt.bsky.social
Conservatives on SCOTUS appear ready to gut a key part of the Voting Rights Act.
Result: (via NYT)
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gelliottmorris.com
alternatively, trump's at 41% approval — that's pretty "sour" right?
dhopkins1776.bsky.social
In his interview w @jonfavs.bsky.social, @ezraklein.bsky.social asks, "why haven't the tariffs soured the public on Trump?"

An answer from my book on ACA opinions: the contemporary US economy is so diverse & complex that even sizable policy changes don't move opinions consistently.
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daveweigel.bsky.social
As @ezralevin.bsky.social said on Maddow: It's very telling that they don't want to use the name of the rally, bc the name is very popular.
mrose.ink
There's a lot to unpack in "we call it the Hate America Rally", but the biggest one is that they are panicking
atrupar.com
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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lilymasonphd.bsky.social
Unfortunately, reality is only apparent *after* elections.
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Trump has cancelled $18B of spending in blue states. He fired more than 4,000 federal employees the same day he sent $20B to Argentina. He is propping up the government of the guy on the left, while firing government officials working for the guy on the right. But those employees also work for us!
Milei w RFK Jr and a chainsaw
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craigcalcaterra.bsky.social
If a Gannett paper like the Columbus Dispatch is running articles like this a ton of papers will be running stories like this. www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
News headline: "How Trump's tariffs are hurting a Grove City manufacturing company"
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waldo.net
It turns out that what Todd Gilbert meant by "that escalated quickly" is that he was unwilling to support a grand jury investigation into the origins of the Trump/Russia case. I'm surprised and impressed that Gilbert took this stand. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
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jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.
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premthakker.bsky.social
NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.
The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else
Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.
zeteo.com
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
This is not morally or legally different than lining up two dozen men and shooting them in the face.
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normative.bsky.social
There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.
chrislhayes.bsky.social
Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
amaramarasingam.bsky.social
The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
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nytimes.com
A judge issued a protective order against a Republican congressman from Florida on Tuesday, forbidding him to contact a former girlfriend who in court proceedings said he had threatened her with revenge porn after she broke up with him.
Woman Is Granted a Protective Order Against Representative Cory Mills
Representative Cory Mills’s former girlfriend, Lindsey Langston, the reigning Miss United States, told a judge that he had threatened to release sexually explicit videos of her.
nyti.ms
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klasfeldreports.com
Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry
www.nytimes.com
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
lol can you *imagine* the kind of stuff in JD Vance group chats. (i mean, yes very easily)
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.
murshedz.bsky.social
"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?
‘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