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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 16h

yeah i don't think i ever appreciate how well constrained Trump was during his first term and how everyone kinda assumed that would happen again without putting in any of the work

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 20h

The siren call of electoral strategy and analysis partially crowded out work on things like law, organizational resistance, and protest. I blame myself, too

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Jordan (ChaosOverClarity) @jordanlowrance.bsky.social · 11h

Remember the leaked memo where a consultant group said they should have party panels of the candidates moderated by Mr. Beast and Zendaya

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 12h

While lecturing others on democracy and human rights, the United States has let its own system for enforcing basic labor protections collapse.

Its failure to protect the rights of workers should be an international scandal.

The NLRB Faces a Constitutional Crisis

While lecturing others on democracy and human rights, the United States has let its own system for enforcing basic labor protections collapse. Its failure to protect the rights of workers should be an international scandal.

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Jordan (ChaosOverClarity) @jordanlowrance.bsky.social · 12h

They were convinced by consultants they could run a “blitz primary” where they pick a new candidate at the convention post backroom deals and a podcast circuit, and they also forgot that Harris would immediately end up with all of Biden’s money.

More evidence the dem’s political class are idiots

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🏳️‍⚧️ June Licinio ✡️ @jwlicinio.bsky.social · 15h

make sure to thank Kavanaugh for this the next time you see him at an upscale DC restaurant

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 18h

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Jordan (ChaosOverClarity) @jordanlowrance.bsky.social · 15h

You don’t understand how hyped I am for this thread specifically

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eggnog slut @deus01.bsky.social · 16h

postmodern finance theory

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 18h

I think the counter argument to “Ellison and Weiss will turn CBS News into an unstoppable propaganda machine” is Bezos’s WaPo which lost basically all the talent and also is in a subscription death spiral

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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 16h

The monarchy is a vestigial organ but the queen is not

Pop Base @popbase.tv · 18h

‘The Life of Showgirl’ by Taylor Swift officially debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 4.002 million units.

It becomes the biggest debut of all time.

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 16h

WSJ Report: Trump allies sold sponsorships for a supposed Treasury event, which turned out not to exist.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 16h

a lot of people want to read Trump and team's fossil fuel obsession as being about *money* but while there is of course a corruption element, it's primarily pure culture war stuff. even many of the big fossil fuel companies want to get into renewables because it's so obviously the future.

Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 16h

Coal production and employment in Wyoming has steadily been declining, much like the rest of the industry in the US.

Coal is a dead industry.

(Chart from here: www.uwyo.edu/cbea/wyoming... )

Graphs showing coal production (left) and employment in coal (right) for the state of Wyoming from 1983 to 2020 from the linked website. Coal production was rapidly increasing until 2008 and has more or less steadily decreased since. Employment in coal likewise rapidly increased until 2009, was stable until 2012 and has rapidly decreased since.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 18h

i do not have a lot of tolerance for people whining that Netanyahu fucked Biden over in order to get Trump in office so he could do whatever he wanted. yeah. he absolutely did that. that was obvious before 10/7.

there is no person on Earth more incompetent as a foreign policy thinker than Biden

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

oh buddy

pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 22h

so one of the things I’ve started to realize with having a notable following On Here is exactly how much of a reading comprehension problem we have in this country

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18h

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 18h

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 17h

In case anyone is curious, SCOTUS already looked at Free Appropriate Public Ed — not once — but at twice to affirm and define it. BOE v. Rowley and then Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District. (Yes, it's in the EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide.)

eapmstyleguide.org/endrew-f-v-d...

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 21h

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 18h

‘AV-Ra-HOM, It’s So Cool!’: Trump Loves Pronouncing Abraham Accords Like an Israeli

President Trump reiterated that he now loves to pronounce "Abraham," as in, the Abraham Accords, as "AV-ra-HOM," because that is how Israelis say it The post ‘AV-Ra-HOM, It’s So Cool!’: Trump Loves Pronouncing Abraham Accords Like an Israeli first appeared on Mediaite.

dlvr.it

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 19h

Egypt has extremely strict gun control laws. Civilians are only permitted to own handguns -- no rifles or shotguns -- and only if they can prove they need the weapon for a specific purpose. Background checks for licensing are extensive and include vetting of family members and psych evaluations.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump on Egypt: "They have very little crime. Because they don't play games. That's why. Like we do in the United States with governors that have no idea what they're doing."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 21h

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 18h

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody wants it as a story but I have multiple NYPD sources who voted for Mamdani, are eager for his win in November, and who say their colleagues quietly feel the same.

They like that he wants NYPD to focus on crime, not quality of life enforcement.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 19h

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 18h

Next Fest has begun! Please enjoy + wishlist the latest demo build of Perfect Tides: Station to Station, the coming-of-age adventure in production since 2022 - coming in January!

store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...

Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam

A point n' click sequel to Perfect Tides about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex ...

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21h

James Michael Johnson, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is fanatically devoted to Donald Trump and expresses his adoration by endeavoring to give Trump everything he wants, despite never having heard a word Trump has written or said or any specific account of anything Trump has done.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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