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MAV - less tractable @mavill.bsky.social · 6h

Old enough to remember when a DOGE guy said "normalize Indian hate" "I was hating Indians before it was cool" and was fired, ... and to see JD Vance walked out the door of his house where his south Asian family lives and onto TV to publicly rehabilitate and rehire the guy

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MAV - less tractable @mavill.bsky.social · 6h

Also, on age:

Biden at 77 was still energetic enough to fight and win what he accurately called the "Battle for the Soul of America" but a year later he was not.

Primary system doesn't account for that

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MAV - less tractable @mavill.bsky.social · 7h

I think in the pre autocracy era of politics a primary is a good idea, but we live in an age where

"is this person willing to be in physical danger & confrontf Trump's paramilitaries,"

is more critical to winning back democracy than

" is a steady policy hand"

Is a primary good for that?

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MAV - less tractable @mavill.bsky.social · 7h

Well just wait till you see the latest CPI & unemployment numb...

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MAV - less tractable @mavill.bsky.social · 7h

Napoleon only spent 11 months on Elbe, we good here

-Eds.

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MAV - less tractable @mavill.bsky.social · 7h

"Admitting you were wrong" seems like a key part of being a scientist (or a human)

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MAV - less tractable @mavill.bsky.social · 8h

Damn that's original and by original I mean the same idea overrich goofballs have had for hundreds of years like Fordlandia etc

MAV - less tractable @mavill.bsky.social · 17h

I read the whole thing - spoiler: it's basilisks all the way down

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Steve Jones @stevejones20.bsky.social · 17h

NOTHING BEATS AN (aaron) HOLIDAY

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 23h

like, no shots at Paul or anyone sharing the RawStory link but … would be nice for folks to link to the original source yanno bsky.app/profile/pfto...

Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 1d

Look for the helpers

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re raising your kids out in the suburbs, one day they’re going to ask you while you’re out for a walk, why your neighbors all have empty, mildewed plastic boxes that say “The Washington Post” bolted to their mailbox posts.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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MAV - less tractable @mavill.bsky.social · 1d

It's not "astonishing" if you internalize that the President is an actual criminal, who intends to do crimes of corruption , something he has declared in public 1000s of times!

MAV - less tractable @mavill.bsky.social · 1d

Did I say I did news? My mistake, I meant I really wanted to get more into "News Analysis"

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MAV - less tractable @mavill.bsky.social · 1d

You mean like unilaterally squandering a century of of postwar order for no reason at all - resulting in the death of millions - other than ignorance and petty personal corruption

Fuck that - @nytimes.com come get your boy he sucks so hard he's causing a low pressure system over 8th avenue

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Guilherme (Gui) Larangeira @glarange.bsky.social · 1d

You mean like blowing up Venezuelan boats with no due process?

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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MAV - less tractable @mavill.bsky.social · 2d

They weren't out of reach but Sinema & Manichin decided they'd rather be attention hogs & crypto whores than do the hard work of safeguarding the democracy that gave them so much

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MAV - less tractable @mavill.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings means No Beam

a basketball player wearing a kings shirt holds a microphone

ALT: a basketball player wearing a kings shirt holds a microphone

media.tenor.com

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MAV - less tractable @mavill.bsky.social · 2d

a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag

Alt: Lucy Charlie brown football

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MAV - less tractable @mavill.bsky.social · 2d

Sacramento Kings means Sacramento paychecks. Sacramento paychecks and Sacramento government.

Light the beam

a man in a kings jersey stands with his arms crossed in front of purple lights

ALT: a man in a kings jersey stands with his arms crossed in front of purple lights

media.tenor.com

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 2d

I have always loved @propublica.org's mission statement. It speaks to method as much as mission, and does not shrink from describling their journalism as a moral undertaking. www.propublica.org/about/

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MAV - less tractable @mavill.bsky.social · 2d

"My father has never even BEEN to Manila...what an outrageous scam..." Trump continued...

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Eric Weinberger @ericweinberger.bsky.social · 2d

ICE sent a Massachusetts 7th grader 500 miles away without his parents or even telling them

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

www.bostonglobe.com

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MAV - less tractable @mavill.bsky.social · 3d

Just checked in @ Thought Police HQ - the boys were so thoroughly owned by Sally Jenkins here that they are spending the rest of the day looking at their phones, filling out fake overtime requests and doing steroids - they're cooked

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