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David Houghton @dfhoughton.bsky.social · 1h

He knows different kids. 25- to 40-year-old kids.

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David Houghton @dfhoughton.bsky.social · 1h

Either their bodies are really big or their heads are really small. Or a combination of the two.

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David Houghton @dfhoughton.bsky.social · 1h

Skeletors stick with skeletors.

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David Houghton @dfhoughton.bsky.social · 13h

They should melt down all his "gold" tchotchkes and cast a new Epstein-Trump friendship statue. Put that in place of the arch.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21h

We constantly talk about Dems' struggles to reach deeper into the culture and access people who ignore politics.

You know what issue is penetrating deep into the culture? ICE's masked raids and kidnappings! It's on Rogan and in country music. In the Manosphere!

newrepublic.com/article/2018...

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16h

Americans have gotten more than $21 billion back in their bank accounts after being cheated and scammed by big corporations, thanks to the CFPB.

But Trump and his Administration love grifters and scammers.

So they're trying to kill the agency holding them accountable.

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David Houghton @dfhoughton.bsky.social · 14h

Are permits involved beforehand? Are they backfilled in afterwards? I just assumed there was no law and people just jumped to do what he demanded.

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David Houghton @dfhoughton.bsky.social · 14h

A name for the myriad Trump scandals.

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David Houghton @dfhoughton.bsky.social · 14h

It's small potatoes relative to other crimes, but it's symbolic defilement. We need to wash Trump's filth off the nation.

All these monuments are monuments to him. To restore our pride we need to at least get rid of these brands he has left on our civic body.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’

The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."

www.yahoo.com

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David Houghton @dfhoughton.bsky.social · 19h

> there’s no question that democracy is ... menaced by a ... small population of monsters who bestride and dominate the country and the planet and can only be constrained by the most concerted acts of public will.

talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-a...

The Age of Monsters, Part 2

I titled a recent Editors’ Blog post The Age of Monsters. I’ve...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 22h

Republican officials and leaders need to stop having secret group chats that someone later exposes. This happened again, and the creepy crawlies under this particular rock were, in a word, insane. My write up and mini-rant in today’s piece, link in the replies.

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 21h

John Roberts to fulfill lifelong dream of fully nullifying the Voting Rights Act www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/john...

John Roberts to fulfill lifelong dream of fully nullifying the Voting Rights Act - Lawyers, Guns & Money

This is one of those cases where the question the Court granted cert to answer tells you what the answer will be, and in this case the answer will be “the Reconstruction Amendments have passed their s...

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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Jlou @wehearvoices.bsky.social · 21h

Mike Johnson honors the Capitol Police by hiding the plaque in a basement that Congress gave them for protecting elected’s on Jan 6.

He honors Americans by bad-mouthing all who attend the “No Kings” rally.
He’s as unAmerican as they come!
#Voices4Victory
#DemVoice1
#Pinks
#NoKings

White background blue text. No Kings, for the love of America. Oct 18. Be there!

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 2d

The fact that the US stock market hasn't collapsed under the weight of Trump's various lunacies shouldn't obscure the fact that most of the world is doing better than we are

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A Great Year for US Stocks? Not Compared With Rest of the World

Check a ranking of the best-performing equity indexes this year and the US doesn’t crack the Top 10. You won’t find it in the Top 25, either. Double that, and the S&P 500 is still absent.

www.bloomberg.com

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

I know the whole “every accusation is a confession” thing but it’s pretty clear this is the most elitist government that’s existed in decades. It’s just 12 billionaires in a group chat sharing banned Reddit memes

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

I hate to think what boys and young men are learning from watching such behavior and how it makes girls and young women. Parents need to teach that this is not acceptable.

Tweet by Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) saying: “This is gross,” quote-tweeting Aaron Rupar. The embedded Rupar tweet reads: “Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, ‘I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling.’” Below is a photo of Donald Trump seated, speaking at a table with flags behind him, and captioned “Thank you, darling. I don’t know.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Fox is now openly celebrating Trump's unconstitutional seizure of power from Congress. There is literally nothing the guy could do that they wouldn't cheerlead. The network is completely captured by MAGA.

chyron: "FOX HOLDS FEDERAL PURSE STRINGS"

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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 1d

Your tax dollars and mine are being used to thank President Trump. That’s right, the biggest political ad spender of 2025 is DHS using your money.
www.axios.com/2025/10/15/t...

U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.

www.axios.com

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brianwhiting.bsky.social @brianwhiting.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is there to escalate tensions. Anyone trying to deescalate tensions is clearly Antifa and hates their America.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose:

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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David Houghton @dfhoughton.bsky.social · 1d

A thought about rhetoric like this: they've got no good ideas. Their mind goes first to violence and oppression. Then they stay there in their happy place.

Violence isn't the trump card they think it is. Don't be intimidated by their constant threats. They use them because they have nothing else.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Not kidding when I say it appears they were trying to brainstorm what the opposite of "no taxation without representation" would be and this clunky dogshit is the best they could come up with

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Representative Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans can’t be bothered to negotiate with Democrats to stop your insurance premiums from skyrocketing—but they have no problem with Trump bailing out Argentina with $20B of your money.

So much for America First!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: What is the benefit for the US in helping Argentina?

TRUMP: Just helping a great philosophy take over a great country ... we don't have to do it. It's not gonna make a big difference for our country.

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David Houghton @dfhoughton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is making clear he doesn't mean to help Argentina, he means to help Milei. He's basically threatening Argentina. Is this a good look? Do you like being bullied, Argentina? Then vote for Milei!

Way to win friends, transactional dipshit dictator. When will this be over?

bbc.com/news/article...

Trump says US will not 'waste our time' helping Argentina if Milei loses

Trump warns if Milei's coalition is defeated in this month elections, "we are not going to be generous".

bbc.com