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Keith Pishnery @keithpishnery.bsky.social · Feb 4

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.

Louis D. Brandeis

Keith Pishnery @keithpishnery.bsky.social · 13h

No one should go hungry in a world with billionaires

Keith Pishnery @keithpishnery.bsky.social · 13h

lol unexpected joke

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

regular reminder that when i say something is my *favorite* that is distinct from saying it is *the best*.

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Keith Pishnery @keithpishnery.bsky.social · 21h

Oh, so the House GOP is working? Sounds like they can swear Adelita Grijalva in!

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22h

The House Oversight Committee released a report questioning the legitimacy of former President Joe Biden’s executive actions, citing his use of the autopen and calling on the Department of Justice to open a new investigation into the Biden administration.

Citing autopen use, GOP-led House Oversight Committee calls Biden actions ‘illegitimate’

A report released Tuesday calls for further DOJ investigation into the Biden administration.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”

It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 1d

America... boy, I dunno.

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Keith Pishnery @keithpishnery.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah…so… at protests, there’s only one political side showing up in tactical gear, snatching people off the street, and ignoring rights. So spare me any arguments about radicalism on the left.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 1d

stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude

How would you describe that worldview?
My father told me something when I was very small to instill confidence in me: “Nobody in the world is worth more than you, but nobody’s worth less.” It is an egalitarian view that I’ve carried around in my life. That’s why I am for free schools, free universities, free health care, and free babysitting. Because our society could afford it. In America, people think social democracy is some kind of communism. They think capitalism is freedom. It’s not. It’s only freedom to exploit people.

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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 1d

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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 2d

It’s so fucking funny that he thinks that dementia progression tests are IQ tests.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…

The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..

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Keith Pishnery @keithpishnery.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe we should stop asking him about it. He loves nothing more than asserting what he thinks he's allowed to do as President. I'm convinced that most of the time he does stuff cause he knows it will get his name on TV more.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

My big takeaway from Trump's lengthy Air Force One gaggle is that he's talking about shredding the Constitution by being in office for a third term increasingly openly.

If you don't think he try it, you're in denial.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump on a third term: "I would love to do it. I have the best numbers ever. Am I not ruling it out? You'll have to tell me."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

My precise age is “whistling Sebadoh in the Walgreens on Sunday night”

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 2d

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

Guillermo del Toro quote "...think about wealth for me for example. A wealthy man that has enough..."

"not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite somebody to beer..."

"...you're rich. If you have, whatever-"

"- yachts and planes and islands and you STILL need more? You're not rich."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.

The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.

No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d

Ask yourself this: How would the New York Times have covered the protests if it had been seven million MAGA supporters flooding the streets? We don’t even have to guess: We know how they and other mainstream outlets covered the Tea Party protests during Obama’s first term.

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 3d

If a democratic Speaker had refused to call the House into session for OVER A MONTH there would be wall to wall coverage on all networks.

What the fuck is wrong with our media

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

They abolished the House of Representatives ... solely to prevent the release of information about the president's best friend, the pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 3d

I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

Democrats should hold a press conference and announce that if Mike Johnson has no interest in running the House they'd be happy to do it for him

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

Mike Johnson has dissolved Congress. Why?

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 3d

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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Azrai @theazrai.com · 5d

I want you to feel a glimpse of an ACTUAL healthy, un-sabotaged movement. I’m using this thread to post news articles that either ✅pass or 🚫do not pass the Sabotage Test, so you can start spotting them too. No joke knowing the difference is healing me. Adding more as I see them.

Azrai @theazrai.com · 11d

So we've been trained to sabotage our own movements from within and it worked on all of us I'm afraid! ESPECIALLY if you're marginalized. But here's how to stop it. Save these. These go in your phone now. REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE.

Infographic on spotting self-sabotage in communities. Three signs: 1) Dilutes the Purpose – off-topic nitpicking; 2) Replaces Curiosity with Caution – fear or futility messaging; 3) Drains Morale – leaves people discouraged. Passing comments add clarity, use curiosity not fear, and leave participants stronger.

Infographic on countering sabotage. C Concrete facts- verify; O Orient to purpose; M Mind morale; P Protect the point; A Acknowledge don’t accuse; S Steer to solutions. Each step pairs with research showing how clarity, purpose, empathy, and small actions restore cooperation.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.

armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 4d