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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 21h

After Trump won in 2016, VAGOP ran hard right on immigration and got trounced in the gubernatorial. Rinse, repeat.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 9d

Winsome Earle-Sears has consistently hit Abigail Spanberger on transgender issues. But a new poll from Christopher Newport University shows that voters say Spanberger would do a better job handling transgender policy by 13 points. #VAPol #VAGov
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Spanberger Leads Earle-Sears by 10 Points in the Race for Governor

Hashmi Leads Reid by 9 points in Lt. Governor Contest; Jones Leads Miyares by 6 Points in Attorney General Race

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 21h

"This is one of the most important and useful points for the propagandist, who can always be sure that a particular propaganda theme, statement, or event will be forgotten within a few weeks."

Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 21h

"Man’s capacity to forget is unlimited."

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 21h

"He is even less capable of spotting any inconsistency between successive facts."

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 21h

"He reacts, but he does not understand them any more than he takes responsibility for them."

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 21h

"Modern man does not think about current problems; he feels them."
--Jacques Ellul

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 2d

Creation Science at Liberty is going to be the best-funded research program in America.

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 5d

I have finally maxed out on Kona bike pr0n in my IG feed, I'm ready for these women to race.

Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 6d

"Influencer embeds are now fixtures of the administration’s media strategy–a content mill for consensus"
www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

The Trump administration has built its own content mill to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 6d

Renaming your medical school "drkoop.com" in 1999.

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 6d

I feel a lot of solidarity with Ukraine but am not particularly happy about living in Yanukovych's Ukraine.

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 6d

BREAKING: NY State AG Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia

State Attorney General Letitia James has reportedly been indicted for alleged mortgage fraud.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 6d

That's my second favorite picture of keef

Keith Richards holding a mostly empty bottle of jack stands behind Tina Turner and David Bowie as they drink together from a bottle of wine, with her hand cradling Bowie's jaw.

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 6d

Keith Richards wearing a "who the fuck is Mick Jagger" shirt

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 6d

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Mississippi Quote of the Day: How Johnny Cash "Ruined" Marty Stuart's Mandolin - HottyToddy.com - Ole Miss Sports, Oxford Entertainment, Dining & More

Famously down-to-earth and approachable, Marty Stuart is a consummate artist of the country music genre, but he has made his mark in Americana roots music, southern-style gospel and hillbilly rock, to...

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 6d

I'm in a cab at 36th and 2nd and how is it possible that the sound of pickleball grates more than any siren or jackhammer.

Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 8d

Me presenting really bad numbers to the client:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump: "The people of Canada will love us again. Most of them still do. If you say only 25% -- I think they love us."

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 8d

I'm just sorry my parents had to find out this way

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 9d

I am anti-vaxx but only the later albums, I kinda liked their debut "What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?"

Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 9d

I'm truly going to miss this
(gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/n...

Where in the World Is Eric Adams? Try Albania.

www.nytimes.com

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 9d

They are playing Sunday at the Village Vanguard in the coffee shop, a desperately-needed relief after doomscrolling on the bus.

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 9d

I think he was a bit defensive about that. I can't say I really got it before the big Guggenheim retrospective.

Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 9d

Byron Hadley to tell his side of the Shawshank story

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 10d

"A sculpture is something that if it falls on your foot, it will break it" -- John Chamberlain

MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 10d

John Chamberlain, Essex, 1960
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136444

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Scull and purchase

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 10d

All those years waiting for him to die, only to find myself wishing Kissinger could have lived long enough to hear Trump call him a milksop.

Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 10d

A bit unfair, waiting for Kissinger to die before calling him woke.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 10d

A bit unfair, waiting for Kissinger to die before calling him woke.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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