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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 7h

If (knock on wood) Dems sweep Tuesday’s elections handily, can we ease discourse away from its obsession over whether Dems are too left wing to win, and take greater notice of the fact that Republicans are in a civil war over whether to be Nazis or merely lesser fascists?

Exploit The GOP's Nazi Meltdown

Are we really going to accept the conceit that the central issue in politics is whether DEMOCRATS are too extreme?

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Jim Miani @jjmiani.bsky.social · 20h

Sorry that it came across that way. Just saw the "no support" part of your post and thought maybe there was a way to help. Signing off for the night, be well.

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Jim Miani @jjmiani.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah I know. I see those people too. Did not mean to overstep but thought there could be a chance to do some good for you and yours in this moment.

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Bobby Big Wheel @kleinman.bsky.social · 20h

Some people think that putting him on TV somehow makes him more popular at this point. He's a sundowning shithead stealing everyone's money, he should be interviewed every week after football!

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 20h

On @60minutes.bsky.social Trump intrvw w N O'Donnell:

(Skipping past weirdness of editing a Trump interview, after CBS payout on that very point.)

IMO, O'Donnell did better job than most on TV, of persistently trying to lasso Trump back toward realm of fact. And not smiling at his 'witticisms.'

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Jim Miani @jjmiani.bsky.social · 20h

I hear you, but i also I don't think this is completely true. let's put it to the test. Put up an actblue link to fund a food bank in your area. I think you'll get more than you expect. Folks want to help but don't know how.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

yes yes yes to all of this. material politics is the way forward and that doesn’t mean slogans it means the very difficult work of being a real presence in the lives of the people who you want to trust you.

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 22h

It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:

1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…

Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 23h

If I were to sum up my advice to the Democratic party leadership about how to defeat Trumpism, it would be to set aside policy for now and focus instead on articulating a vision of what American society should look like and what role the US should play in a rapidly changing world today.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night

Joe Biden, an elderly white man in a blue suit, with his head hung down in sadness.

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Jim Miani @jjmiani.bsky.social · 2d

also, fuckers can't even spell. honestly, thought fascists were at least supposed to be competent.

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Jim Miani @jjmiani.bsky.social · 3d

it me

CBS News @cbsnews.com · 3d

A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.

Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag

A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d

Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 4d

FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.

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Jim Miani @jjmiani.bsky.social · 3d

too cool to care is the phrase that has always summed it up for me

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Bobby Big Wheel @kleinman.bsky.social · 4d

A common theme of Trump II is an utterly cowardly class of elites while everyday regular people have risen to the occasion

New York Daily News @nydailynews.com · 4d

French bakery in Bed-Stuy offers free breakfast to SNAP card holders

Beginning Nov. 1, when SNAP benefits are expected to be suspended, Je T’aime Patisserie will offer free breakfast to anyone who presents their EBT card from 7:30-10 a.m.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

this is evil

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4d

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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.

Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 4d

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

Earlier this year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”

You can judge for yourself.

“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”

We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

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Jim Miani @jjmiani.bsky.social · 5d

@usatoday.com bringing it where @nytimes.com fails us miserably

USA TODAY Opinion @usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 5d

Opinion: Full of faux bravado, Trump's Border Patrol turned a children's Halloween parade in Chicago into chaos, tossing tear gas canisters without warning.

Judge tells faux-tough-guy Border Patrol chief not to tear-gas trick-or-treaters | Opinion

Full of faux bravado, Trump's Border Patrol turned a children's Halloween parade in Chicago into chaos, tossing tear gas canisters without warning.

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 5d

Have you noticed that Trump thinks information about him (his Epstein ties, his tariffs, or even just approval polling) is his most profound political vulnerability? What this piece presupposes is: what if he’s right? www.offmessage.net/p/you-dont-u...

You Don't, Under Any Circumstances, Have To Play Into Donald Trump's Hands

He has a terrible poker face, and keeps telling us what he believes his greatest vulnerabilities are.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 7d

ICE needs to be stripped down to the studs. Democrats should start working on the project now, and they can look to the GOP's years-long campaign to destroy the IRS as a (partial) model.

My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/abolish-ice

ICE is out of control and beyond repair

This agency needs to be stripped down to the studs. Dems should start preparing now.

www.publicnotice.co

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 8d

signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant

Glass storefront door in Brighton Park, with sign in English and Spanish, reading: ATTENTION ICE/CBP
AGENTS
STOP
YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED ENTRANCE INTO THIS BUSINESS WITHOUT A VALID JUDICIAL WARRANT
ATENCION AGENTES DE
ICE/CBP
STOP
NO SE LE PERMITE LA ENTRADA A ESTE NEGOCIO SIN UNA ORDEN
JUDICIAL VALIDA

Glass storefront door with sign reading:

PRIVATE PROPERTY
NO ICE

YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO ENTER NON-PUBLIC AREAS OF THIS SPACE
WITHOUT A VALID JUDICIAL WARRANT SIGNED BY A FEDERAL JUDGE

and a second sign:
PLEASE USE DOOR
ON 47TH ST.
BACK OF THE YARDS

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9d

The Founders anticipated the possibility of a corrupt, venal, lawbreaking, wannabe monarch president.

What they did not expect is numerous people achieving prominent national office and not wanting to guard their own power. The combo of ego to run but pathetic absence of ego in office stands out.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 9d

Whoaaaaa

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9d

i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 9d

By the time we get to 2028 "Abolish ICE" is gonna be the moderate position. These thugs deserve to spend the rest of their lives under the fucking prison.

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Jim Miani @jjmiani.bsky.social · 9d

So weird as an American to hear this. Why would a great nation wreck itself like this?

Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 9d

And so much else, starting with attacks on civil society, decimation on higher education, and a complete takeover of the mainstream media.

Rimi B. Chatterjee @rimibchatterjee.bsky.social · 9d

Your Indian friends say: look at what Modi is doing to our Parliament district.