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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 3h

yeah it was probably a good idea for Texas to presume that all of their gains with Hispanics were permanent and to gerrymander themselves on that basis

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 3h

... i'm sorry, trump is 20pts under water IN TEXAS? www.economist.com/interactive/...

economist map showing turmp's net approval in texas is -19.3%

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 3h

this is the best it will get for Trump II, as you are reading this

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 3h

... i'm sorry, trump is 20pts under water IN TEXAS? www.economist.com/interactive/...

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 9h

The general expectation among US elite culture is that the broad catch all of "liberals"--urban dwellers, minorities, women, LGBTQ ppl, etc--are expected to eat unending amounts of shit from "real" Americans while a) not complaining and b) still financially supporting them but without holding power

King Blackwhale @kingblackwhale.bsky.social · 9h

I’m from the San Francisco Bay Area, and never once in my 40 years of life have I heard a mainstream media figure say that the right — or government generally — has any obligation to treat me as an equal citizen or human being, or in any way be protected or served by the federal government.

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Harry D’Amour @harrydamour.bsky.social · 9h

Agreed, I think they've blown it for the foreseeable future, thanks to ICE cruelty, tariffs, and unemployment rates.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 10h

I think the difference will be that there are three more years of this ahead of them

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 10h

i do actually think the american electorate will respond pretty drastically to this administration, but the key thing is does that reaction actually stick? i really dunno, we've lost a lot of the institutional glue and machinery that would socialize voters into a mostly stable majority

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Harry D’Amour @harrydamour.bsky.social · 10h

That and the fact that without Trump, the entire coalition collapses (and even *with* him it's already beginning to crack).

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 10h

What exactly is that "good thing" you want to "keep going," Winsome Earle-Sears?

A rising unemployment rate? Higher costs?

Virginians deserve better — and they will choose better.

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Harry D’Amour @harrydamour.bsky.social · 10h

It's kind of insane how badly they bungled their chance at a comeback. With all the advantages they have (like a sympathetic SCOTUS), they're ensuring that their electoral prospects longterm will be almost nil except with Internet cranks and groypers.

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Harry D’Amour @harrydamour.bsky.social · 10h

I think that explains how unprepared the GOP is acting with their authoritarian grab. Project 2025 was a wish-list, not an actual coherent plan.

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Harry D’Amour @harrydamour.bsky.social · 10h

I think a lot of people on this site have been thrown for a loop by the 2024 election, not realizing that people are not going to respond well to feeling like they were lied to by the GOP re: Project 2025 and the economy.

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lumbridge enthusiast @anderswo.bsky.social · 10h

I understand a bit now how Roosevelt dems were a coalition that ensured and dominated for an entire generation. I think a lot of people won’t forget or forgive until the day they die.

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Harry D’Amour @harrydamour.bsky.social · 10h

Agreed, I think we're in for a sea change that does not look good for the GOP's long-term electoral prospects.

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Harry D’Amour @harrydamour.bsky.social · 11h

You're telling me that Omen III lied?!

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Classics & Virtues @classicvirtues.bsky.social · 11h

Every age gets the Faust it deserves. Our Faust doesn’t read books.

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 11h

>makes deal with devil
>devil collects

donald trump in his trademark suit/tie looking very shocked

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Harry D’Amour @harrydamour.bsky.social · 11h

He looks monstrous, like something out of a horror film.

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Harry D’Amour @harrydamour.bsky.social · 11h

There's something really weird looking about his eyes too...

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 13h

Funny, it sounds like she knows exactly how it works around there.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

FOX: Grijalva says you're afraid of her being the 218th signer to the Epstein petition, that if she was a Republican you would've sworn her in. What do you say?

MIKE JOHNSON: I say bless her heart. She's a representative-elect, she doesn't know how it works around here.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13h

God doesn’t need any “saving” by the like of you, Eric.

Tweet by Aaron Rupar showing a quote from Eric Trump on “The Benny Show.” Eric Trump says: “We’re saving Christianity. We’ve saving God. We’ve saving the family unit. We’re saving this nation... You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell... We have a return to people going to church.” Below is a screenshot from the show with Benny Johnson and Eric Trump speaking side by side.

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Harry D’Amour @harrydamour.bsky.social · 14h

Not sure that will make people like them more, since they’ve also gone all in on AI…

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 15h

Hardwick Hall, a masterpiece of Elizabethan symmetry designed by Robert Smythson, whose day is today.

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 1d

the case against any democratic shutdown strategy was that the congressional party always loses shutdowns and who trusts Schumer and Jeffries to buck that trend

what those folks didn't see coming was the Trump / Vought / Miller "actually we are wholly responsible for the shutdown" strategy

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

honestly impressive how committed they are to losing a shutdown fight

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

prediction: this will not work

www.axios.com/2025/10/14/t...

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 1d

This is the most interesting part of the piece to me, that this came out because of some inter-personal young Republican beef in NY. Makes you wonder how many more of these we're going to get as these guys turn on each other as public opinion shifts.

Giunta claimed the release of the chat is part of “a highly-coordinated year-long character assassination led by Gavin Wax and the New York City Young Republican Club” — an allusion to a once obscured internecine war that has now spilled into the open.
“These logs were sourced by way of extortion and provided to POLITICO by the very same people conspiring against me,” he said. “What’s most disheartening is that, despite my unwavering support of President Trump since 2016, rouge (sic) members of his administration — including Gavin Wax — have participated in this conspiracy to ruin me publicly simply because I challenged them privately.”
Wax, a staffer in Trump’s State Department, formerly led the New York Young Republican Club — a separate, city-based group that is at odds with the state organization, the New York State Young Republicans. He declined to comment.

A notarized affidavit signed by Bartels and obtained by POLITICO also sheds light on the intraparty rivalry that led the “RESTOREYR WAR ROOM” Telegram chat to be made public. Bartels references Wax as well. He wrote that he did not give POLITICO the chat and that Wax “demanded” in a phone call that he provide the full chat log.
“When I attempted to resist that demand, after providing some of the requested information, Wax threatened my professional standing, and raised the possibility of potential legal action related to an alleged breach of a non-disclosure agreement,” Bartels claimed in the affidavit. “My position within the New York Young Republican Club was directly threatened.”
Walker, who now leads the New York State Young Republicans, touched on a similar theme, saying that he believes portions of the chat “may have been altered, taken out of context, or otherwise manipulated” and that the “private exchanges were obtained and released in a way clearly intended to inflict harm.”

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Ectoplasma Ring @plasmaring.bsky.social · 2d

I totally get the sentiment and I can only speak to my own experience, but all I've been hearing as a writer for the past 10 years or so is that creating villains with any nuance is at best So Over and at worst running interference for real-life fascists.

Kayleigh McKee, Cheerer for the Dolls ⏬️ AnimeUSA! @ghaspey.bsky.social · 2d

I'll say it: I think its rly annoying and frankly amateurish that writers are constantly told their villains must be understandable or have sympathetic motivation to be interesting or realistic when all our big villains irl are in fact rich, stupid, selfish, trickster dillweeds and always have been

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

Again, I'm pretty sure Special Ed cuts get walked back, but they're playing with fire.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

"Following public outcry, the U.S. Department of Education has restored funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, about a month after cutting it..."

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Get Funding Back Despite Trump’s Anti-DEI Campaign

Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization th...

www.propublica.org

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Harry D’Amour @harrydamour.bsky.social · 2d

I think the grifters like Carlson and Owens are figuring that out and the others are catching up. Hence the manosphere podcasters now expressing regret for endorsing Trump lol

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