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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

OK, this IS much better than we usually see. But Johnson BEGINS with the absurd claim that they're waiting on Schumer "to let us turn the lights back on" so they can go into "legislative session."
The correct intervention is: "What do you mean? Chuck Schumer doesn't control the House. You do!"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

KARL: I mean, you could swear in Adelita Grijalva tomorrow, right?

MIKE JOHNSON: No, not tomorrow. We couldn't. We wouldn't.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 1d

Like this is just dumb. The only constant in these takes is that Dems can do nothing right and Trump can do nothing wrong.

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Bruiser Jones @maoistkurtangle.bsky.social · 1d

I agree with a few lines from the article: the Dems should certainly work to rehabilitate the image of the Democratic Party, alongside attacked Trump and Trump acolytes. And it should be much more forceful.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Lead front-page story in today's NYT

Time-travel dept:

-I don't remember front-page NYT stories "It's 1993, and GOP Is Still Running Against Clinton." That's what they did, for huge mid-term win.

-Nor "It's 2009, and GOP Is Still Running Against Obama." Which they did, for huge win.

Weird.

Headline: "It's 2025, and Democrats Are Still Still Running Against Trump"

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Bruiser Jones @maoistkurtangle.bsky.social · 1d

I’m surprised there hasn’t been a much bigger effort by the Democrats to be univocal in blaming the government shut down on the Republicans: when you have a crisis, use it.
And it has to extend outside of social media posts, press conferences, and a handful of interviews.

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Bruiser Jones @maoistkurtangle.bsky.social · 1d

JUDKINS

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JUDKINS

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Bruiser Jones @maoistkurtangle.bsky.social · 4d

Need to watch the NYC mayoral debate -

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 4d

When the Nazi group chat ruins your talking points

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 4d

And a majority Latine district in Arizona continues on without representation

Truthout @truthout.org · 4d

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has issued a stark warning to U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson: Seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, or face a lawsuit. Johnson has thus far refused to seat Grijalva, who won a special election more than three weeks ago.

Arizona AG Threatens Speaker Johnson With Lawsuit for Not Swearing In Grijalva

“If I have to, I’ll take him to court,” Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a CNN interview.

truthout.org

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 5d

As a baby lawyer in the Reagan White House, John Roberts was writing memos arguing that violations of the Voting Rights Act should not be "too easy to prove." This is not just any legal issue that happens to come before him. This is his life's work. He just wants to finish what he started.

Inside John Roberts’ Decades-Long Crusade Against the Voting Rights Act

Roberts remains at the center of an impassioned debate about voting rights in America.

www.politico.com

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 4d

Solidarity Against Sadism

If you missed our town hall with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, and @astra.bsky.social on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the Left, hosted with @hammerandhope.bsky.social, you can watch the video here:

Solidarity Against Sadism: An Emergency Town Hall

YouTube video by Haymarket Books

www.youtube.com

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 4d

A University of Southern California graduate student who police say is a serial sexual predator has been charged with drugging and raping multiple women as investigators look for additional victims, Los Angeles authorities says.

University of Southern California grad student charged with drugging and raping

Sizhe Weng, a 30-year-old Chinese national also known as Steven Weng, was arrested Aug. 28.

nbcnews.to

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 6d

What D’Angelo said Black Messiah means. It came out at the end of 2014 and it was so needed.

Article (Nolan Feeney; TIME) excerpt reads: “Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album. It can be misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah.

It's about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and in every place where a community has had enough and decides to make change happen, D'Angelo writes in a statement about the album It's not about praising one charismatic leader but celebrating thousands of them. Not every song on this album is politically charged (though many are), but calling this album Black Messiah creates a landscape there these songs can live to the fullest. Black Messiah is not one man. It's a feeling that, collectively, we are all that leader.”

“D’Angelo’s First Album in 14 Years Is Finally Here, and It’s Surprisingly Timely” via TIME.

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Bruiser Jones @maoistkurtangle.bsky.social · 6d

Seems like the best solution would be to enact a similar bill in Maryland and Virginia, or in those states localities. Problems of scale require bare minimum cooperation between local governments (most of whom seem unwilling or unable to participate in cost-incentive programs)

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Dee Phunk @deephunk.bsky.social · 6d

An hour and 11-minute long mix of nothing but D'Angelo live tracks from various shows during the Brown Sugar and Voodoo eras. It's so well done. Also downloadable.

D'Angelo Live, by Ian Wallace

15 track album

ianwallaceproductions.bandcamp.com

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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 6d

D’Angelo. Hard to even process this one. He was one of a kind, but part of a continuum. That’s at the heart of what made him so special. #RIP

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Bruiser Jones @maoistkurtangle.bsky.social · 6d

RIP to D’Angelo! One of the greatest artists of all time, and my favorite artist.
Fuck cancer man

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Sen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 7d

there is a lot here that stinks but the record shows that they were never arrested and the grand jury no-billed the charges. the one surviving claim is the most damning: a malicious prosecution suit against the supervising officer who fabricated evidence to get the claim to the grand jury.

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 7d

6th Cir. holds that the harms to five black UK football players who were falsely accused of crimes after they were subjected to racist taunts by white frat boys at a school party do not constitute deprivations of liberty under the Fourteenth Amendment.

www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...

The parties dispute the third element: deprivation of liberty. According to plaintiffs, they
have been deprived of liberty because they suffered (1) a threat of imprisonment; (2) being
summoned for an arraignment and compelled to testify before a grand jury; (3) the seizure of
their personal property and information; (4) student misconduct hearings; (5) the loss of
educational and athletic opportunities; (6) reputational harm; and (7) emotional distress.
Plaintiffs have suffered greatly in general, and we are without doubt that the allegations
contained in plaintiffs’ complaints are deeply troubling and, if true, reflect extremely poorly
upon the state actors involved. But not every horrible occurrence is a constitutional violation and
plaintiffs’ suffering cannot be appropriately framed as a “deprivation of liberty” under the Fourth
Amendment as understood by this court and the Supreme Court.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10d

A right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals.

Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges