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edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 1d

I found myself defending him from folks accusing him of intentionally mispronouncing "Mamdani." But I also described him as "Schrodinger's racist" when he name checked Public Enemy. He's both really complex and exactly like a whole lot of people I grew up around.

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edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 1d

Allegedly shot by organized crime folks who were upset with him calling out JG on his radio show.

edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 1d

I vaguely remember the community school board member moving the piano from the school to their house. But its alright to want more than "they kept the pianos in the school auditorium."

edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 1d

I've already described Sliwa as "schrodinger's racist" tonight for name checking P.E. on "311 is a joke." But he's not cynical, and he actually likes the city. I even ended up defending him from people saying he was mispronouncing "Mamdani" on purpose.

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Lindsay P Cohn @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social · 1d

Out today: 7th Circuit opinion on IL/Chicago v Trump
The court denies the administration’s motion for a stay pending appeal of the lower court’s TRO, except for the stay they already granted. So the NG troops can remain in fed status but not deploy.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

storage.courtlistener.com

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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 1d

Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation.

youtu.be/9OBdjsGntQI?...

AG Mayes Demands Speaker Johnson Swear In Adelita Grijalva | The Lead with Jake Tapper CNN

YouTube video by Arizona Attorney General's Office

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edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 1d

Did he mispronounce "Pataki"?

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 2d

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 1d

Its like being home. There are people here arguing that he's intentionally mispronouncing "Mamdani" and I'm like he's mispronouncing "Pataki" while citing him as his favorite elected official.

edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 1d

I think he just mispronounced "Pataki" while citing him as his favorite elected official.

edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 1d

He just name checked P.E. saying "311 is a joke." He's like Schrodinger's racist.

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edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 1d

I really don't think this is intentional. He's 71 years old. And he's leaning into his accent so much that he's tripping over words he knows well.
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edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 4d

I gave Indivisible a couple of bucks after the last No Kings day, because you have to build on success. So I guess I'm funding it!

edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 4d

Can we get there with words people already know like "restitution" and "restoration" and "penalties" and "fines"?

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edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 4d

Not that far from my home.

The Declaration's recitation of tyranny includes: "He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance."

Jonah @anotherjonah.bsky.social · 4d

This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".

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edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 4d

He always seemed caught between trying to meet the concerns of his voting base and what became the Giuliani coalition and the establishment. And, yes, that leads to budgets that make business and worker mad at the same time.

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edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 4d

He passed away in 2020. Seeing this and it just hits me what a good man he was. And how what happened to him was a preview of what's going on now more broadly.

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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 7d

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Governor Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social · 7d

All fifty states are being forced to fundamentally rethink their relationship with the federal government, especially with a president who continues to look at us and say: ‘You’re on your own.’

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edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 7d

This thread is good. I still want @govwesmoore.bsky.social to speak up on failure of the Gov's Association, where he is Vice Chair, to oppose federal deployment of Guard into states over objection of their governor & in defiance of sense. But I appreciate what he says here & his leadership generally

Governor Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social · 7d

This is the latest chapter in a campaign of cruelty and recklessness that is breaking essential programs that working people rely on, driving up prices, disrespecting working families, pushing up the nation’s unemployment rate, and sending America’s economy into a ditch.

Axios @axios.com · 7d

🚨 BREAKING: Trump officials say mass federal layoffs have begun

edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 7d

Everyone calling on Democratic governors to pull out of NGA if it doesn't listen to Pritzker and call for withdrawal of federal(ized) forces from IL deserves credit. And Stitt was speaking on his own and not as NGA chair, and lied about how NGA doesn't do "politics." But its a good step.

edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 7d

Your opponents fears can tell you more about your potential strengths than you - being humble and constrained by norms - might let yourself see.

edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 7d

This looks like DHS is thinking through how their redcoats can create their own little Boston Massacres.

edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 7d

This looks like DHS is thinking through how their redcoats can create their own little Boston Massacres.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 7d

This is an excellent illustration of how an apparently limited space of lawlessness can be arbitrarily expanded to encompass everything

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7d

Pretty insane stuff from DHS Acting General Counsel Joseph Mazzara:

www.thehandbasket.co/p/dhs-fps-me...

edmuir.bsky.social @edmuir.bsky.social · 8d

Every bit of good news and pushback should be lifted up.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 8d

Earlier today, prosecutors dismissed the felony charges against Paul Ivery, the man being arrested in this video.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 20d

A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.

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