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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 2h

Reporting from @daveweigel.bsky.social shows the salience of campaigning against data centers. Candidates of both parties are working to harness Virginians' anger.

For @prospect.org, @dylangyauchl.bsky.social and @maxmoranhi.bsky.social argued that Dems should lean into fighting the AI industry.

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 3h

The remnants of Typhoon Halong devastated western Alaska.

The Trump admin's cancellation of FEMA's Building Resilient Infrastructure & Communities (BRIC) program leaves communities more vulnerable to extreme weather deaths and damage.

And ⬆️ fossil fuels means more frequent and intense storms.

1 dead, 2 missing and dozens rescued after remnants of a typhoon lash western Alaska

The remnants of Typhoon Halong have brought hurricane-force winds and ravaging storm surges to western Alaska. Authorities say one person is dead and two remain missing.

apnews.com

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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 3h

Really important piece that, by its well earned conclusion, gets at the core Abundance vs populist divide in the Democratic Party
www.semafor.com/article/10/1...

As electricity bills rise, candidates in both parties blame data centers

The AI-driven, power-hungry projects are emerging as a new target for America’s emboldened populists.

www.semafor.com

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 1d

This is real fucking talk about something horrific we all see happening everywhere

This is the energy and messaging we need rolling into 2026 and 2028, not tepid focus group tested pablum

consequences

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 3d

I think a lot about how Michelle Obama remarked on regularly being in rooms with the most powerful and wealthy people in the world and her chief takeaway was that they're just not that smart

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

the republican majority leader with a clear vision for the democratic party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 4d

Corporate America’s mouthpieces claim the few limits on corporate influence we helped win during the Biden admin drove Big Business to board Trump’s tyrannical train.

If so, how can Big Business ever be trustworthy participants in a democracy?

Our @jeffhauser.bsky.social in the @wsj.com:

Opinion | Why Did Business Jump on the Trump Train?

And how can it ever be considered trustworthy participants in a democracy?

www.wsj.com

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 5d

I’m honestly entertaining the idea that immunity shouldn’t protect Trump after all this. Having flouted his oath incessantly since the hours after he swore it, his acts in breach of his duties can in no sense be counted as official.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 4d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 4d

Trump Is Waging a Catastrophic War on Data newrepublic.com/article/2009... via @newrepublic.com

Trump Is Waging a Catastrophic War on Data

A president steeped in lies seeks to cut of the flow of accurate information at its source.

newrepublic.com

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 4d

if this really really rich nepo baby really wants to be the Governor of Maine as a Democrat it'd be good idea for him to let his (extremely rich) Dad know that it's not a good look to keep writing blank checks to the current Republican admin.

Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 4d

Hi @anguskingiii.bsky.social, since you're with him, can you convince your father/top supporter to stop voting with Trump and Republicans? He keeps doing it and he knows better - or should

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 4d

Spotted: Angus King introducing Ron Wyden to his son Angus King III, who is running for Governor

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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 4d

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles | Common Dreams

One of them described her job as offering “concierge, white-glove service” to oil, gas, and coal companies seeking permits from regulators.

www.commondreams.org

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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 5d

T-shirt idea:

It Turns Out Authoritarianism is Worse than Cringe
#Resistance

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 5d

Democrats' version of triangulation is really just about punching left. It's as much running right by rote as it is an actual strategy

Our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social makes the case today in @prospect.org! 🧵

prospect.org/politics/cen...

Centrist Democrats Have Already Forgotten About Kamala Harris

Pivoting to the right didn't work in 2024. It won't work now.

prospect.org

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5d

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 5d

The tenor of Playbook this morning is state media levels of credulous.

Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 5d

It was a national crisis if a 19 year old at a fancy college moved to cancel a paid gig for a comedian.

But it's... just a Wednesday when the effing president literally decries freedom of speech while arresting people baselessly across the country.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 5d

Forget Republicans - how do you think any so called impartial reporter from traditional corporate media outlets would have reacted if an 80 year old Democratic President was talking about taking "the freedom of speech away" from people in America?

Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 5d

Dementia

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Wannabe Dictator

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Sad

but

Dangerous.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 6d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Zach Goldberg @zgoldberg.bsky.social · 5d

Can't wait for CBS, under its new leadership, to report on the President saying "we took the freedom of speech away."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 5d

Dementia

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Wannabe Dictator

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Sad

but

Dangerous.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."