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carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 3h

Emily’s List is nothing more than a hammer the democratic establishment uses to astroturf for shitty candidates

carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 4h

politico is and always has been pretty explicit about their right wing bent

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 6h

Zohran told a synagogue than he would not discriminate against Zionist Jews, something that would be illegal as well as insanely provocative, and a bunch of high follower, brain poisoned accounts took that and NYT wish-casting about his alleged moderate turn as evidence he's a sellout.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 7h

I wish it were contained to just staffers but anecdotally it seems almost all young conservatives are nazi adjacent at best.

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carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 7h

Creepy right wing women like creepy right wing men, news at 11

GQ @gqmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Is hard-right streamer Nick Fuentes winning over women on the left? Writer Katherine Dee investigates www.gq.com/story/nick-f...

Is Nick Fuentes Winning Over Women on the Left?

There are the Tumblr “Nickstorians” and sincere fanfics. But are young, liberal, possibly irony-poisoned women fetishizing or even falling for the hard-right streamer with the “groyper” following? Wri...

www.gq.com

carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 8h

Cuomo shut down the most reliable source of clean electricity near NYC to satisfy some wealthy donors in Westchester and we’re all paying for it

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 8h

Shutting down Indian Point was a massive, expensive mistake: "NY's electric grid operator warns of looming 'reliability shortfalls'" -- www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

NY's electric grid operator warns of looming 'reliability shortfalls'

“Taken together, these two reports show the grid is at a significant inflection point,” said Zach Smith, a senior vice president with the New York Independent System Operator.

www.timesunion.com

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carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 3d

I guess reporting objective truth is too biased for the paper of record

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carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 4d

He won the Democratic primary. Neither Adams nor Cuomo are running as a Democrat.

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 5d

it’s going to be a fun presidential primary when people look back at the response to sending troops and ICE to terrorize cities. in particular, who said jack shit about political violence against their own base

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Sep 10

Horrific to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot today in Utah. Political violence must be always and totally rejected. Praying for him and all who may have been injured or impacted.

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carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 5d

He managed to almost immediately make it far more dire

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carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 5d

The Argentinian economy is in shambles because of the libertarian policies enacted by their president

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carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 5d

legit fantastic news!

Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 5d

Holy fucking shit: New York State is not going to expand the Cross Bronx Expressway with a "traffic diversion structure" nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/09/s...

State DOT Scraps Cross Bronx Expansion Road On Highway Repair Plan - Streetsblog New York City

The state Department of Transportation will not build a "traffic diversion" structure next to the Cross Bronx Expressway — a highway expansion project that Streetsblog exposed.

nyc.streetsblog.org

carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 5d

Someone encroaching on pedestrian space with their personal vehicle calling other people entitled is WILD

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carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 6d

The AC games are pretty stale at this point but I actually would have bought this one at release

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 6d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 6d

Sort of wish they had realized this long before their opposition started occupying cities with the military

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 6d

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

Homeland Security @DHSgov

We're having an All Night Revival

Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row

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carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 7d

We’re gonna get the economic malaise of strict immigration policy but worse because the only public investment will be into building an army of robocops

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carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 7d

I love it when mainstream outlets name the actual problem to deflect attention away from the actual problem

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Council Member Lincoln Restler @cmrestler.bsky.social · 7d

Our office released a new study highlighting rampant illegal parking across Downtown Brooklyn. Vehicles block sidewalks, crosswalks, bike lanes & loading zones - making it more dangerous for New Yorkers to get around the neighborhood.
www.lincolnrestler.nyc/s/Illegal-Pa...

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carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 7d

All the top school shooter recruiters kicking themselves for losing yet another one to the Republican Party

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carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 7d

"But seriously" followed by very poorly disguised racist drivel is not redeeming

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 8d

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

bylinetimes.com

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carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 8d

Uk Huh? isnt every major party there now fully fascist, including Labour?

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carl @cmwd.bsky.social · 9d

Wow I can’t believe more people aren’t talking about this thing I just totally made up

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