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dragonfountainsale.bsky.social @dragonfountainsale.bsky.social · 1m

Self-awareness isn't really their thing

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 5h

I find it fascinating how easily NIMBY groups toggle between "this project doesn't have enough affordable units" and "we can't accept 100% affordable projects, that's class segregation."

Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 7h

The Berkeley NIMBYs have really gone off the deep end. Their new definition of "diversity" means you cannot build a building that is all rentals, and small apartments ("GLAs") must be spaced 1760 feet apart. Meanwhile the speaker lives in this SFH surrounded by SFHs. Curious.

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dragonfountainsale.bsky.social @dragonfountainsale.bsky.social · 8m

When Biden seemed kinda old in 2024 it was a five alarm fire in the media for months.

Trump in 2025 has gotten hand bruising, a "routine" MRI, dementia screening, and clearly had a stroke.

Media responds with breathless discussion of whether a 3rd term is possible.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 19h

um. you ok?

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 4h

Even if you think Trump's goons are just "Enforcing the law" that's not really true. At best they're enforcing *A* law, and they're breaking every other law to do it. Laws for them are a fig leaf to be used as a shield when convenient and discarded when not

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

this is evil

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 5h

He’s still repeating that lie. Video link in replies.

Ron Smith posts: “JD Vance: If you remember all of the migrants who came in from Haiti. You blink an eye and literally a third of your town is Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs 🤔🤔 Still spreading the same debunked lie.”
Below is a video still showing JD Vance speaking during an interview, wearing a suit and red tie.

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dragonfountainsale.bsky.social @dragonfountainsale.bsky.social · 44m

We're all Jerry telling Kramer there's no way he's following through on remodeling his apartment...

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Elle Bee @laurenbee.bsky.social · 2h

“Over-feminated” flames on the side of my face

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 2h

I think the fact that Americans generally have had easy access to treats and a relatively high standard of comparative living (and even a much gentler post COVID period) has blinded our GOP overlords to the fact that taking away said treats and high standard gets rid of the reasons for complacency

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2h

"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."

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Tiger Elephant Giraffe Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2h

Look at this ridiculous primitive country, casting out its sex pests rather than making them Presidents or Mayors or Supreme Court justices

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3h

Breaking News: Andrew, the younger brother of King Charles III, is being stripped of his title as prince, Buckingham Palace said. nyti.ms/4oQeykJ

Prince Andrew with grey hair, wears a dark suit with a yellow tie. A headline reads: "Prince Andrew to Be Stripped Of His Royal Title." Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20h

My three-year-old was listening to the Ezra Klein podcast when she turned to me gravely and asked "Daddy, why did the woke mob kill Charlie Kirk?" And when I told her "because he was practicing politics the right way," she started crying.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 3h

Surely the fact that JD Vance is the face of this means that they're winning and feel very confident in their position

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

JD Vance: "The suffering is going to get a lot worse."

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dragonfountainsale.bsky.social @dragonfountainsale.bsky.social · 3h

"You just don't understand botany, bro!"

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 8h

“Why has virtually every country in the world seen an abrupt rise in extremist politics, especially on the far-right, starting at approximately the same date the iPhone was released”

The most important question in politics but maybe not a hard one

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dragonfountainsale.bsky.social @dragonfountainsale.bsky.social · 4h

Shades here of trying to hold someone accountable for their bad behavior and being blamed for "being so mean!" about the *way* you accurately described what they did.

Very narcissistic/manipulative, DARVO type response

dragonfountainsale.bsky.social @dragonfountainsale.bsky.social · 4h

The tone-policing "you're being arrogant and condescending!" type of take is so exhausting. I'm glad Kruse pushed back here.

If someone's making a statement that is verifiably true, and you're getting upset about it, that's a *you* problem.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

I am not the Democratic Party. I am not employed by the Democratic Party. It is not my job to help them win elections.

I am an historian who specializes in American politics. It *is* related to my job to tell people who believe that not voting might work that it actually never has.

Jessica Wildfire @jessicawildfire.bsky.social · 1d

And when I explain that bashing fellow citizens has never once motivated them to vote, I'm not scolding establishment flunkies, I'm explaining reality.

Feel free to continue alienating the voters you need to win elections. Just don't pretend your arrogance and condescension is doing any good.

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dragonfountainsale.bsky.social @dragonfountainsale.bsky.social · 4h

If someone explaining a fact about reality reads as "arrogance and condescension" to you... I think that's a you problem, not a problem with the speaker?

dragonfountainsale.bsky.social @dragonfountainsale.bsky.social · 6h

Their perfect skin and social awkwardness offend me

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

And this, times a billion.

Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 1d

Coda: it’s the information environment. prospect.org/2025/10/29/v...

Voters Did Not Understand the Stakes in 2024 - The American Prospect

A large majority of American voters are greatly dissatisfied with the state of things, most especially the economy. It turns out that median voters were catastrophically misled about the stakes of the...

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

Cat running for office: But we're going to get rid of the humans because they've been treating us very badly. And our bowls will be full in the morning- perhaps fuller than ever before

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot believe there are still people in my mentions arguing that boycotting an election because the candidates aren’t addressing your issue is a way to get them to pay attention.

two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works

ALT: two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works

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dragonfountainsale.bsky.social @dragonfountainsale.bsky.social · 1d

They paved paradise (a parking lot)
Tore down a parking lot...

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

man you get yourself tattooed with one SS emblem for eighteen years and everybody gets mad at you for some reason

The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 1d

"It's really interesting to have this whole power structure essentially turn on to try to drag my name through the mud." Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner describes the resistance he has experienced within the Democratic Party.
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The Briefing with Jen Psaki (@thebriefingwithpsaki) on Threads

"It's really interesting to have this whole power structure essentially turn on to try to drag my name through the mud." Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner describes the resistance he has experienc...

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

has anybody seen Jake Tapper. perhaps he was kidnapped by aliens

scarylawyerguy.bsky.social @scarylawyerguy.bsky.social · 2d

The media's complete lack of curiosity over our nearly 80 year old President's health when he has permanent bruising on his right hand, swollen ankles, facial drooping, disappeared for days from public view twice in the last 2 months and just had an unexplained MRI is notable

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