Danny Rubin
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If it wasn’t for bad faith, this administration wouldn’t have any faith at all.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe invented rock and roll.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe invented rock and roll.
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There was civilization in the Americas before the settlers arrived. The other work being performed here is to erase that and present settlement as the arrival of civilization instead of the annihilation of another
Neither Trump, nor half of his cabinet have “ancestors” who were in North America before the revolution. I’d guess that less than half of current US citizens do. “Your ancestors” is doing a lot of implicitly white Christian nationalist work here.
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
There was civilization in the Americas before the settlers arrived. The other work being performed here is to erase that and present settlement as the arrival of civilization instead of the annihilation of another
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Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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Enjoying Columbo, an endlessly rewatchable series. Falk's sly timing raises the level of every scene, as in "Blueprint for Murder," where he questions the arrogant architect, drops an incriminating fact, then reaches in his coat pocket and asks, "Ya want half a candy bar?"
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Enjoying Columbo, an endlessly rewatchable series. Falk's sly timing raises the level of every scene, as in "Blueprint for Murder," where he questions the arrogant architect, drops an incriminating fact, then reaches in his coat pocket and asks, "Ya want half a candy bar?"
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Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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Suicidal for centrists to be begging for moderation when now would be a great time to pass some big, ambitious policies and remind people why Democrats are better than Republicans.
Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Suicidal for centrists to be begging for moderation when now would be a great time to pass some big, ambitious policies and remind people why Democrats are better than Republicans.
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Appreciate him articulating this explicitly although people will continue to rationalize bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump: "They're gonna make DC a state and they're gonna make Puerto Rico a state. So now they pick up two states, four senators. They're gonna pick up electoral votes. It's gonna be a very, very bad situation. Now, if we do what I'm saying, they'll most likely never obtain power."
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Appreciate him articulating this explicitly although people will continue to rationalize bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Pundits say the problem is that Democrats fail to represent the people—but the real problem is that our political system fails to represent the people.
The Dems have won the popular vote in presidential elections six times since 1992 by roughly 5.5%(1992), 8.5%,(1996) .5%(2000), 7.3%(2008), 4%(2012), 2%(2016),and 4.5%(2020).
In that period the GOP presidential candidate has won the popular vote twice: 2.5%(2004) and 1.5%(2024).
In that period the GOP presidential candidate has won the popular vote twice: 2.5%(2004) and 1.5%(2024).
Douthat writes that 2024, when Harris lost by 1.5% of the popular vote, was "an ideological referendum and progressivism lost." I wonder why he didn't view the 2020 election, when Trump lost by 4.5% of the popular vote, as a far more significant loss for conservatism.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Pundits say the problem is that Democrats fail to represent the people—but the real problem is that our political system fails to represent the people.
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Contra Obama when Trump posts a poop video it isn’t a distraction. It’s another way to tell the voters that support him that they are superior to the voters who backed Obama. The better response isn’t to hand wave it away but for Obama to say his voters are not little weasels who shit on America.
Obama: The weird videos of a U.S. President with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet and dumping poop on protesting citizens… All of that is designed to distract you from the fact that your situation has not gotten better.
November 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Contra Obama when Trump posts a poop video it isn’t a distraction. It’s another way to tell the voters that support him that they are superior to the voters who backed Obama. The better response isn’t to hand wave it away but for Obama to say his voters are not little weasels who shit on America.
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I'm being entirely serious when I say that this is one of the core commitments of reactionary politics: demand all the privileges, refuse any of the responsibility.
October 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I'm being entirely serious when I say that this is one of the core commitments of reactionary politics: demand all the privileges, refuse any of the responsibility.
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Quite a world when a federal judge has to call in a federal official to specifically tell him he can't use tear gas on children in Halloween costumes
October 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Quite a world when a federal judge has to call in a federal official to specifically tell him he can't use tear gas on children in Halloween costumes
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instead of obsessing over new oyster cult for next -year-, kibitzers of Maine may want to throw some phone calls this way instead.
If Dems win the Supreme Court races in Pennsylvania in 9 days, it’s extremely likely the GOP can’t get a majority on that court until 2029.
The GOP really wants to have this majority during the 2028 presidential race.
Can’t put the stakes any more clearly than that. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
The GOP really wants to have this majority during the 2028 presidential race.
Can’t put the stakes any more clearly than that. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts
The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.
boltsmag.org
October 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
instead of obsessing over new oyster cult for next -year-, kibitzers of Maine may want to throw some phone calls this way instead.
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The president wants nothing so dearly as he wants to see American troops gunning down the people he doesn’t like
Trump is reportedly planning a military "rapid reaction" force to police civil unrest. That's dangerous, Brennan Center's Joseph Nunn says: “You don’t want to normalize routine military participation in law enforcement."
Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest
Documents reviewed by The Post detail a prospective National Guard mission that, if adopted, would require hundreds of troops to be ready around-the-clock.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The president wants nothing so dearly as he wants to see American troops gunning down the people he doesn’t like
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We need a word for someone who is beyond perverse, sadistic, sociopathic. Blocking mRNA vaccine research means that you or someone you love will die of something you could have avoided or survived. He is intentionally killing people.
RFK Jr. cuts $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts, dealing major blow to promising area of research
The cuts add to mounting evidence that Kennedy is pursuing an aggressive anti-vaccine agenda.
www.nbcnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
We need a word for someone who is beyond perverse, sadistic, sociopathic. Blocking mRNA vaccine research means that you or someone you love will die of something you could have avoided or survived. He is intentionally killing people.
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According to NYT the problem is not Trump’s Justice Department regularly lying to judges, but judges refusing to believe their lies. NYT is a Trump collaborator.
August 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
According to NYT the problem is not Trump’s Justice Department regularly lying to judges, but judges refusing to believe their lies. NYT is a Trump collaborator.
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Everyone drink.
JUST IN: Senate confirms Jeanine Pirro as US Atty for DC, 50-45
August 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Everyone drink.
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did something happen here
August 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
did something happen here
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Wow, weak July #jobsreport. Headline a touch softer than expectations, but real surprise is huge downward revisions to May & June.
-Payrolls grew just 73,000, below expectations
-Surprisingly large downward revisions to May (+144k to +19k) and Jun (+147k to +14k)
-Unemp up to 4.2%
#NumbersDay 1/
-Payrolls grew just 73,000, below expectations
-Surprisingly large downward revisions to May (+144k to +19k) and Jun (+147k to +14k)
-Unemp up to 4.2%
#NumbersDay 1/
August 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Wow, weak July #jobsreport. Headline a touch softer than expectations, but real surprise is huge downward revisions to May & June.
-Payrolls grew just 73,000, below expectations
-Surprisingly large downward revisions to May (+144k to +19k) and Jun (+147k to +14k)
-Unemp up to 4.2%
#NumbersDay 1/
-Payrolls grew just 73,000, below expectations
-Surprisingly large downward revisions to May (+144k to +19k) and Jun (+147k to +14k)
-Unemp up to 4.2%
#NumbersDay 1/
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I've long believed 2016 Russian operation in US was most successful intelligence operation in recent history.
With disclosure that Durham investigation all predicated on disinformation, I double down on that opinion. Russia completely destroyed the United States.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/01/h...
With disclosure that Durham investigation all predicated on disinformation, I double down on that opinion. Russia completely destroyed the United States.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/01/h...
How John Durham and Chuck Grassley Covered Up Getting Ass-Handed by Russia - emptywheel
John Durham (with Chuck Grassley's help) tried to obscure that on the same day as the Russian spy report that drove his entire investigation, Russian spooks discussed seeding conspiracies about "dark ...
www.emptywheel.net
August 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I've long believed 2016 Russian operation in US was most successful intelligence operation in recent history.
With disclosure that Durham investigation all predicated on disinformation, I double down on that opinion. Russia completely destroyed the United States.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/01/h...
With disclosure that Durham investigation all predicated on disinformation, I double down on that opinion. Russia completely destroyed the United States.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/01/h...
Trump continues to not understand tariffs.
August 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Trump continues to not understand tariffs.
Trump doesn’t understand tariffs. His signature economic policy.
"The president is very likely to lose round 2 in the courts on his ability to maintain the comprehensive tariffs he has imposed." 🤔
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August 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Trump doesn’t understand tariffs. His signature economic policy.
Trump doesn’t understand tariffs. His signature economic policy.
August 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Trump doesn’t understand tariffs. His signature economic policy.