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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 7h

Senator Booker appears unhappy about criticism from the left.

He should answer it by defending his decisions, not by trying to shut down the criticism.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 13h

Except that there isn't an antisemitic thread in there.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 13h

Every single one of these thugs needs to be sued into the ground for deprivation of rights under the color of law, excessive force, and violations of the first, fourth, and fourteenth amendments. No qualified immunity.

Maybe then they will learn.

Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 13h

The Republicans are the majority party, so they have the duty to bring a bill that can pass.

They have chosen not to do that. They have chosen a shutdown because they believe they can get people to blame it on the Democrats. But the GOP has the majority and has the responsibility. No one else.

Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 13h

Question: was the group in fact doxing people on Facebook?
That is a violation of the Facebook ToS and there should be consequences for that.

The problem is that I don't trust AG Bondi when she says that ICE agents were getting doxed.

Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 14h

The visuals work for ICE when they beat up a young protester in jeans and a flannel shirt. The visuals don't work when they beat up an inflatable unicorn.

They can claim that the jeans guy was threatening or resisting or assaulted them. They can't claim that about a guy in an inflatable costume.

Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 14h

Donald Trump has caused more damage to the hegemony of the U.S. dollar than any president since the dollar gained that role.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 14h

The list of Great American Novelists That We All Must Read is not set in stone but constantly changing.

John Dos Passos, Henry James, and William Faulkner have been dropped. Ernest Hemingway is fading fast. John Irving came and went in about twenty years. Octavia Butler is a late addition.

Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 14h

It was the only reason that Jean Genet picked up a pen.

Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 14h

Donald Trump, who is clearly demented, has no historical sense.

He is not the greatest president of them all. There are plenty of presidents who were even more racist, misogynistic, and murderous than he is. Andrew Jackson for one.

That is how he's measuring greatness, right?

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17h

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct 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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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 16h

Donald Trump is clearly demented, so not even he knows what he means by the words he says. Nevertheless he is President of the United States, so we have to pay attention.

When he says "We will disarm them" who does he mean by "we"?

It sounds like he has committed U.S. soldiers to a war in Gaza.