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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 10h

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 14h

Congratulations to my friends in New York. Now can we please shift the focus to Chicago? (These items are all from today.)

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your mom @mrscrabapple.bsky.social · 16h

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 16h

This is what I mean when I call Sanders smart.

Eric @ettc19.bsky.social · 16h

I saw this on CNN today. Bernie is very perceptive, sir.

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 16h

Establishment Dems: “We just had a sweeping win proving people want us to fight for them and that we can beat the fascists.”
Also Establishment Dems: “Quick, back to capitulating!”

What an utterly spineless and embarrassing political party.

News article that reads: Senate Democrats debate path to ending government shutdown
A bipartisan group of senators is working on a possible deal to end the government shutdown, which has become the country’s longest.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 21h

The video now rapidly circulating (which also does not have a date or time marked) does not blur this poor woman's face. Here's one that does:

wgntv.com/news/chicago...

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 19h

Well you see, there were only 300-500 people alive back then, so there were fewer votes to count.

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Andy Carr @andycarr.bsky.social · 20h

lots of very (perhaps unwisely!) early conclusion-drawing going around this morning and I'm not eager to engage in overconfident conclusions. I *will* highlight how a glaring outlier to nationwide patterns happened (checks notes) starting from approximately 9 miles east of my NYC precinct.

Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 23h

Has New York Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs resigned over Mamdani yet? I hope he hasn't, so that he can instead resign over *improving Republican margins over Trump 2024 in an anti-Republican wave election*. Trump won Nassau by just 4%—now look at this bloodbath

Nassau County Executive results: Nazi pig Bruce Blakeman defeats Democrat Seth Koslow 54/46

Nassau County District Attorney: ICE bootlicker Anne Donnelly beats Democrat Nicole Aloise 55/45

Nassau County Comptroller: GOP creature Elaine Phillips beats Democrat Wayne Wink Jr 55/45

Hempstead Town Executive: John Ferretti beats ex-troop ex-cop Democratic nominee Joe Scianablo 53/47

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 21h

Cheney is dead, Zorhan won, and now this?

This week is the fulcrum of our timeline.

Jae @heyjaeee.bsky.social · 21h

I just fell to my knees! I need this ASAP!!!!!!!

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 23h

This seems huge, and deserves more attention.

SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.

Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.

Feds fail us, states step up.

Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social · 1d

The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.

dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...

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Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1d

The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.

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Archai @archai.bsky.social · 1d

This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.

Photo of NBC’s exit poll data (from my work laptop, lol) showing Mamdani splitting the straight vote equally with Cuomo, but taking the LGBTQ+ vote by more than 5:1. Even though the LGBTQ+ slice is only 14% of the population, they were a LANDSLIDE in his favor.

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 21h

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 23h

A photojournalist was arrested by ICE at gunpoint — and his DACA status revoked.

“Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.”

thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...

When Storytelling Is Called ‘Terrorism’: How My Friend and Fellow Journalist Was Targeted by ICE

As a DACA recipient, Ya'akub Ira Vijandre’s arrest holds drastic implications for the state of free speech in America.

thebarbedwire.com

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 1d

Hoping the mail ins get the job done for you!

John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 1d

PRIMARY SCHUMER

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 1d

And this, the week I restarted my Wellbutrin.

Calling it, vibe shift.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Another good one.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.

Follow AP for live updates.

Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power

One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.

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Colin @cbuss.bsky.social · 1d

lmaoooooo imagine losing to write-ins 😭😭😭

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 1d

SAD VOLTRON

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 1d

A very Good Boy

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

📺 Watch Channel 4’s report showing one of several UN warehouses stacked with food and supplies just outside Gaza—piling up because Israel still refuses to let the aid in.

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John Coons/Teo @johncoons.bsky.social · 1d

I have a baseball cap that just says "SAD" on it that I think would pair great with this

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kenny mellman @kennymellman.bsky.social · 1d

vote blue unless the sex pest loses the primary, runs as an independent and gets endorsements from Musk, Trump, and Stephen Miller. Then Schumer can't be bothered.

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Doghouse Reilly @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

It’s not framed this way, but what they’re demanding is that people in cities like NYC refuse to address their issues to privilege the politics of “flipping red and purple seats blue,” which they haven’t even demonstrated an ability to do.

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 1d

Good gracious Third Way

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Screenshot of article that reads: “A Mamdani victory is a serious political problem for those in the party who believe, as we do, that our primary focus must be on flipping red and purple seats blue, expanding the map for Democrats, and creating a path back to Congress and the White House,” Matt Bennett, executive vice president of center-left think tank Third Way, told MSNBC. “The [Democratic Socialists of America] platform — which Mamdani has not repudiated — hands a potent set of weapons to Republican ad makers eager to tie Mamdani-style politics to Democrats running in much tougher places than deep blue New York.”

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