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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 3h

Love these pix. I used to keep a blog about just this kind of restoration of the urban fabric in and Boston. restoringtheurbanfabric.blogspot.com/2014/06/one-...

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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 3h

A human Reichstag fire. Bizarre but apt.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 1d

The thing about Johnson not swearing in Grijalva is that’s it a test for 2026.

If you think they will accept an outcome they don’t like, they will just Grijalva it.

So what’s the plan when the GOP says “we ain’t leaving, fuck you, make us.”

Because that IS what they are going to say.

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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 16h

Literally the second fugitive slave act all over again. These people have never had an original thought ever.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 22h

أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك

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aproff @aproff.bsky.social · 1d

We could have had this family man, but we got this creepy guy.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

This is an unprecedented historical moment that demands an unprecedented public response.

I’m incredibly thankful for the solidarity shown by elected officials, public figures, constituents, and others over the past few days.

Collection of headlines after the Federal Indictment

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Jo @godinhj.bsky.social · 1d

50 shades of ew

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 1d

1 November 1889 | A Dutch Jew, Raphaël van Weren, was born in Amsterdam.

He was deported to #Auschwitz in September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

Vintage black and white portrait of a man with a mustache, wearing a formal suit.

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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 1d

Yup.

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Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 2d

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 2d

Utter waste of time. Why anyone is showing up to do that sad bit of foolishness day after day is beyond me.

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moosky has tasted spicier 🐸🌶️ @mooosky.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson version: my son says he'll stop looking at gay porn when I do. I'll stop looking at it when he does.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not going to take the turkey out of the freezer until it’s defrosted.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson says he will not bring the House back in session until the government reopens

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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 2d

Iconic shot for the branch manager.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 2d

This hits.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2d

The rumor that JD Vance is sleeping with Erika Kirk is more true than almost anything JD Vance actually says....

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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 2d

I hhhhaaaaaaattte this mofo.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 3d

I hang my head crying, tears falling on my top tube. I whimper, "I'm so owned" as I look up at the brake lights of the car that sped past me to get to the red light first.

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Sarah Churchwell @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social · 3d

I sometimes stop and remember that all of this is because we had one Black president, and then two women ran, and this mystical convergence opened the Hellmouth.

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 3d

We are $38 trillion in debt, millions are about to go hungry, and he's busy building himself a gilded ballroom.

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

U.S. hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic

This rapid debt accumulation is the fastest outside of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the debt having reached $37 trillion in August.

www.pbs.org

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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone needs to understand right now that the Evil Keebler Elf does not intend to swear in a single Democratic rep ever again. No Grijalva. Not anyone else. So, what is the plan to deal with that?

Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 3d

Your periodic reminder: no to #klanproject3.0. No to #tangerineklansman. No to gulags. No to ethnic cleansing.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 3d

30 October 1912 | A Czech, Karel Jerabek, was born in Brno. A clerk.

In #Auschwitz from 1 April 1942.
No. 28686
He perished in the camp on 15 July 1942.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc

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