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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 4d

The "Deciding To Win" centrists dismiss base mobilization, but the actual 2024 data shows: the more blue a place was in 2020, the lower its turnout was in 2024.

Swing voters weren't nearly as important as Dem-leaning irregular voters not voting at all. The base wasn't mobilized, so we lost.

Change in 2024 Turnout by 2020 Biden Support, from https://catalist.us/whathappened2024/

Democratic Support by Voter Turnout Regularity from https://catalist.us/whathappened2024/

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jesse @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 5h

It's been 15 years and nobody's leaked a single bit of this plan, my man

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mike Johnson talks about the Republican "healthcare plan" like it's highly classified information: "We're not gonna be on a conference call explaining all our plans and strategies for healthcare reform, because they're leaked in real time."

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 4d

7 million people in the streets: No Kings! Trans Rights! Break the Oligarchs! Free Palestine! Protect Democracy!

Simon Bazelon [holding up the framed degree he got 5 months ago]: my mommy says trans women are yucky

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 4d

It's so painfully on-brand for the Democrats to consider listening to the uncooked opinions of a 22-year-old nepo baby of a famously transphobic New York Times writer instead of the millions of people who make up their base crying out for bodily autonomy, anti-fascism, and economic rights for all.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 4d

For my newsletter, I took a deeper look at the electoral record of WelcomePAC, a centrist group that produced that 352 page document advising Democrats to moderate once again.

Turns out the campaigns they work for aren't winning. www.burnsnotice.com/fire-the-con...

Fire The Consultants

The Democratic party must move on from the same old stale, carefully poll-tested politics and get back to solving voters' problems. There are only three certainties in life: death, taxes, and Democra...

www.burnsnotice.com

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 2h

someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives

from people magazine

Donald Trump Confuses Dementia Screening for
'Very Hard' IQ Test as He Brags About Results
The president predicted that Democratic Reps.
Jasmine Crockett and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could not perform as well as he did in a cognitive exam
By Greta Bjornson |
Updated on October 28, 2025 10:24AM EDT

from people magazine

Donald Trump Hosts Great Gatsby-Themed Halloween Party as 42
Million Americans Brace for SNAP Benefits to Expire
The president hosted the Roaring '20s bash at Mar-a-Lago on Oct. 31 amid the ongoing government shutdown
By Bailey Richards
Published on November 1, 2025 06:19PM EDT

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5h

????????

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

TAPPER: Do you agree that the US is at risk of a recession?

BESSENT: I believe we are in a transition period here. I think we're in good shape, but there are sectors of the economy that are in recession

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6h

This still shows that a lot of people in the country don't really know who they need to be mad at in this instance. One party controls ALL OF THE CURRENT LEVERS OF FEDERAL POWER, FOCUS.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 6h

New NBC News poll: Who do voters say is more to blame for the government shutdown?

• 52% blame Trump/Republicans
• 42% blame Democrats

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 6h

I'm seeing a whole lot less outrage for the journalists of color who have been systematically discarded at places like NBC and CBS (and across journalism, really) than the response to Jimmy Kimmel's 5-day suspension.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5h

The Dems who voted to confirm Brooke Rollins:

Baldwin (WI)
Bennet (CO)
Booker (NJ)
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gallego (AZ)
Hassan (NH)
Heinrich (NM)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Klobuchar (MN)
Ossoff (GA)
Peters (MI)
Rosen (NV)
Schiff (CA)
Shaheen (NH)
Slotkin (MI)
Warnock (GA)
Welch (VT)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Brooke Rollins calls food stamps "a broken and corrupt program" and says, "guess what? There's a new sheriff in town. His name is Donald Trump."

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 7h

Some.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 7h

This makes me absolutely incandescent

Now more of those details are coming into the light. An upcoming book by Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis confirms some of the worst suspicions: the DOJ didn’t convene a grand jury until January 2022, and it took another ten weeks before the FBI would formally begin its investigation into Trump himself. Garland also apparently put the investigations on an unnecessary hiatus before the 2022 midterms:

In fall 2022, ahead of the midterm elections, Garland opted to freeze both the classified documents and election investigations because of what some officials believed was his overly cautious reading of a DOJ policy not to take any public action close to an election. Trump was not even on the ballot and had not yet declared his presidential candidacy for 2024. But Garland nonetheless imposed the freeze.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 4h

Irredeemable

(the parent, not the kid)

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 9h

Jesus my husband just showed me a photo someone he went to elementary school posted of her child dressed as ICE for Halloween — complete with face mask. What the absolute fuck.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 11h

LAPD on horses charge at and beat guests standing in line to the Short Stop in Echo Park. @shoton35mm.bsky.social

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 4h

Yesterday, Illinois State Police arrested a protester dressed as Jesus, draped in American flag. When he did not walk, they picked him up and carried him.

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 5h

I never really had an opinion about FN until now and thats because I really only ever played it with 1 or 2 friends. But if this is true I’m fine with never playing it again and uninstalling it from my Switch because screw supporting JK Rowling and screw the push this tainted franchise is getting.

My Nintendo News @mynintendonews.com · 8h

Harry Potter is reportedly the next Fortnite collaboration

Epic Games have collaborated with a lot of major franchises with Fortnite and that's not set too change anytime soon as leakers have revealed that the Harry Potter franchises is apparently coming to the popular game. The Harry Potter…

Harry Potter is reportedly the next Fortnite collaboration

Epic Games have collaborated with a lot of major franchises with Fortnite and that's not set too change anytime soon as leakers have revealed that the Harry Potter franchises is apparently coming to the popular game. The Harry Potter collaboration is set to launch for Chapter 7 of Fortnite which is scheduled for release in early December.

mynintendonews.com

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 3h

This is heartbreaking. No one should have to go through this, but especially to see it aimed so constantly at children is violent and cruel. We all have a sacred responsibility to stop this. No one should have to live under this weight.

Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · 3h

As a parent of a trans kid, part of what shatters my heart is that The Discourse around trans kids is just loud and constant. She has good framing, but the barrage of hate is exhausting. Every day for her is so much more work than for her peers, because she has to hold up her shields constantly.

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Jillian Grace @jillianrising.bsky.social · 2h

thread!

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2h

I don‘t know if I agree with Shay Stewart-Bouley‘s (Blackgirlinmaine’s) approach to the Graham Platner situation but as a fellow Black Northern New Englander, I can say that Shay is has absolutely earned the right to be seen as authoritative in her analyses, incl by commentators from elsewhere.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 6h

Because they couldn’t sell them, they’re giving the ugly ass things to the cops

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

“.. thanks to a donation from a U.S. tech billionaire, raising concerns about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.”

@apnews.com $TSLA
apnews.com/article/las-...

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 2d

"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" Billie Eilish speaking directly to Mark Zuckerberg, as she donates $11.5m to food poverty and climate justice organisations.

'Give your money away,' Billie Eilish tells billionaires

The singer called on the mega wealthy to donate more to charity, during a speech at the WSJ Awards attended by the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and George Lucas.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

Masterful gambit

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

On MSNBC Cuomo said "diversity can be a weakness." When asked by one of the two Black hosts (Eugene) to clarify, he doubled down on his statement and called Eugene "Jonathan."

So Cuomo is anti-diversity & can't tell Black people apart.🤔

Honestly the best anti-Cuomo ads are just letting Cuomo speak

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

“Under the plan, bounty hunters may receive “monetary bonuses” depending on how successfully they track down their targets — and how many immigrants they then report to ICE.”

Or ICE could just fund the Klan directly.

ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants

Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate — and paid cash bonuses for performance.

theintercept.com

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Jillian Grace @jillianrising.bsky.social · 1d

Every time I find out the identity of somebody important at Bluesky it’s because they posted something incredibly dumb, typically in reference to social media, their supposed field of expertise.

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Jillian Grace @jillianrising.bsky.social · 1d

It kinda really sucks that everybody who controls all of the things we use and rely on are so incredibly stupid.

Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com · 2d

"Torment Nexus" comes from this tweet and is often used now to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with social networks, like getting dogpiled or harassed or being pushed into conflict

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from the classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

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Jesse Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 1d

POSTER: In my post I invented the Don’t Misunderstand the Torment Nexus Metaphor as a cautionary tale

CTO: At long last, I have misunderstood the Torment Nexus Metaphor from the classic post Don't Misunderstand The Torment Nexus Metaphor

Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com · 2d

"Torment Nexus" comes from this tweet and is often used now to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with social networks, like getting dogpiled or harassed or being pushed into conflict

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comrade tradwife @birdofvictory.bsky.social · 1d

paul, this is a tweet about silicon valley failing to recognize scifi as being social critique and assuming they were prescriptions for what future society should look like rather than amplifications of social issues present at time of writing.

hope this helps!

Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com · 2d

"Torment Nexus" comes from this tweet and is often used now to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with social networks, like getting dogpiled or harassed or being pushed into conflict

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