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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1h

Consider how few anecdotes it took for the media to declare a Free Speech on Campus crisis.

Every day we get more evidence that the Republican Party is teeming with white supremacists yet elite institutions refuse to frame this as a crisis that needs the nation’s attention.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8h

DHS posted a disturbing video today featuring a song that’s popular with Nazi creators

DHS Posts Video Featuring Song Popular With Nazi Creators

The agency denied making

gizmodo.com

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Ghost of Budgets Passed Gigan @gigansprogress.bsky.social · 9h

I need people to come to grips with the fact that the administration illegally deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, said they didn't know where he was, then said they had no obligation to bring him back, brought him back, and is now arguing in court that they can deport him and it isn't going well

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Delirious Quips @citizenquips.bsky.social · 1h

Ah, so it's really Pete "Bread Price Fixer" Buttigieg's fault

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Delirious Quips @citizenquips.bsky.social · 9h

They're wrong though. All of the troops and officers involved were Peninsular War veterans and British.

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Delirious Quips @citizenquips.bsky.social · 9h

Is there really anything that they do that wouldn't be better accomplished with conventional forces (or, at this point, a drone strike)? The bin Laden raid was cool, but I mean is that kind of thing worth all the bs?

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 10h

part of my pitch for future democratic military policy is "we should crush the special forces and double crush the seals specifically"

they contribute little-to-nothing valuable to american defense and are riddled with war crimes and also just regular crimes

Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 12h

They're routing this through SOCOM ppl who have traditionally been used for assassinations abroad, presumably including occasional black ops on the high seas.

Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 12h

I’m surprised that the military has been so willing to break the law here.

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Delirious Quips @citizenquips.bsky.social · 11h

This also hurts the left because it pointlessly denies the results of left wing economic policy. "Inflation is killing poor worker wages" was simply false in 2024, but it sure did help the reactionary agenda

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 14h

I think it really hurts the left/center-left's ability to have an economic policy conversation that left-leaning leaders have pushed simple and misleading narratives like the idea wages have been stagnant. They haven't been.

Doesn't mean left policies are bad, but wages aren't stagnant.

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Delirious Quips @citizenquips.bsky.social · 11h

"Is it true you won't have to bill anymore?" Yes Virginia

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Delirious Quips @citizenquips.bsky.social · 11h

Leaving big law very shortly, making the switch to plaintiff side PI, and other associates talk to me like I'm about to sail to Avalon.

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Delirious Quips @citizenquips.bsky.social · 11h

Do you think that reactionary backlash hasn't had an effect on the film industry?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

trump is demolishing our national symbols and selling the country for scrap to his corrupt donors

Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: Leaked documents detail Trump's plans to open East and West coasts to offshore oil drilling.

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Exclusive: Leaked documents detail Trump's plans to open East and West coasts to offshore oil drilling

The Trump administration plans to open whole swaths of the East and West Coasts to offshore drilling, including areas previously protected for environmental reasons, documents show.

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Delirious Quips @citizenquips.bsky.social · 1d

2029: Congress passes the Exurban Clearances Act. All farmland is seized and given to Blackrock. President Buttigieg declares it illegal to own a cow without being incorporated in Delaware.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

a white republican getting to underwater with *white* americans would be, i think, a first in history for the modern republican party

YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 2d

NEW Economist/YouGov
Net favorability of Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among...
White Americans +13 | +2
Hispanic Americans -12 | -39
Black Americans -31 | -76
today.yougov.com/politics/art...

A multiple line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Views of Donald Trump among U.S. adult citizens, and among white, Black, and Hispanic Americans."

The chart has the sub-headline: "Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of the following people? [Donald Trump] (% with a very or somewhat favorable opinion minus the % with a very or somewhat unfavorable opinion)."

The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "don't know" are not shown."

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Delirious Quips @citizenquips.bsky.social · 1d

If you make 200k you aren't working class, no

Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not engaging on the Platner issue w/o a ton more info.

But this is a terrible take re: working class. You think lawyers and architects aren't working class? Blue-collar is not the only part of the working class.

Saying someone who makes $200k is an "elite" like a billionaire is wild.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1d

It seems to me class in America is defined by who your parents are. If they are a cook and truck driver, you are working class. If they are business owner and a lawyer, you are not. The only thing working class about Platner is the banner of whiteness he drapes over his bourgeois background.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

Running for office and revealing a giant back tattoo that just says WOMEN. Nobody can agree if it's good or bad

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Delirious Quips @citizenquips.bsky.social · 1d

My reading is "little gay boy or woman and not a big strong man." Maybe he's getting brain worms by proximity to RFK health nut shit in elite circles, or maybe it's just internalized toxic masculinity. Take your pick, J guess

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Delirious Quips @citizenquips.bsky.social · 1d

I just voted for the 21 year old kid running for Houston City Council whose only platform position, as far as i can tell, is "fuck Trump and fuck the mayor." Perfect opportunity for that kind of person.

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The Wicker Dan (1973) @danlehner.bsky.social · 1d

this is quickly turning into “they railroaded Romney for the 47% line” for a very specific kind of online dumbass — he has the tattoo, its on his body right now, do you think the opposition is not gonna find out and/or not gonna run with that

I Nied to drink your blood! 🧛 @nied.bsky.social · 2d

I mean Platner's "regrettable" tattoo was the insignia of the SS division that guarded the death camps so I don't know that he does oppose genocide.

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Delirious Quips @citizenquips.bsky.social · 1d

Well there's the old man himself

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Bernie about Platner,

“In all due respect, all right, what I'm worried about, 50,000 Americans may die unnecessarily? And you're worried about a tattoo?"

When I asked about his comments about sexual assault, he said "Have you served four tours of duty?" I said "I have not."

Bernie: "Ok"

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Bernie about Platner,

“In all due respect, all right, what I'm worried about, 50,000 Americans may die unnecessarily? And you're worried about a tattoo?"

When I asked about his comments about sexual assault, he said "Have you served four tours of duty?" I said "I have not."

Bernie: "Ok"

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Delirious Quips @citizenquips.bsky.social · 1d

This is Sanders's only qualification for an endorsement, too. It's also the only requirement to work for him.

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Weedle @weedle.bsky.social · 1d

JUST A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN THE TONE OF THE ECONOMIC REPORTING IN 2025

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Column: As workers cling to jobs out of fear, an expert offers tips on turning retreat into regrouping.

Column | Work Advice: Hugging a job you no longer love?

As the labor market contracts after years of growth, “job hugging” is the new buzzword.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 1d

I am kind of amused that the "tough, smart politics who just want to win" bros are now screaming its unfair to oppo dump your opponent.

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Delirious Quips @citizenquips.bsky.social · 1d

It's all a proxy for larger conflicts about who is in charge. It doesn't map onto ideology or even, really, who you think should be in charge. If you are holding onto Platner, it's only because you're mad at Schumer.

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Cai @annenotation.bsky.social · 2d

I don't trust people who say that Jewish people shouldn't have to worry about stuff and then also that Nazi tattoos aren't a big deal. I'm not even Jewish it's just like, if I'm a chicken don't tell me the guy with the colonel sanders tramp stamp is on the level

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