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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 12h

Locking in for oral arguments on the big voting rights case at the Supreme Court.

The next two hours or so will be... incredibly bad.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 11h

The Louisiana argument is essentially that you CAN use race to be racist but you CAN'T use race to ameliorate racism.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 11h

The fight here with Gorsuch and Kav vs Nelson is whether the "use" of race automatically means "discrimination" on the basis of race.

That's interesting to me, because it's basically the white folks telling on themselves. They cannot see a "use" of race that isn't synonymous with discrimination.

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Sir Rants Alot @robvo.bsky.social · 5d

Joe Biden and Netanyahu were offered same Gaza deal a year ago, says negotiator

But the Israelis had no intention of striking any agreement before a change of administration in Washington.

They wanted to give The Felon the credit.
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...

Joe Biden and Netanyahu were offered Gaza deal a year ago, says negotiator

Gershon Baskin says he got the plan on to the president’s desk but then learnt the Israelis were waiting for a change of administration in Washington

www.thetimes.com

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 10h

Check out our full page ads in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and more than 185 local newspapers throughout the country!

Our new $1 million campaign calls on Americans to stand up to Trump and peacefully protest at Saturday's No Kings rallies. @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 9h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Words fail @norfolknway.bsky.social · 9h

Words have no standard meaning to these people

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 16h

After a long pause Russians have resumed attacks supported by columns of armored vehicles. They tried to reach their forces north of Pokrovsk, but were destroyed long before their reached their intended destination. Around one dozen Russian vehicles have been destroyed.

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Words fail @norfolknway.bsky.social · 14h

Billions to be able to palantir this data, wrongly, is not what I want my taxes paying for

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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 15h

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived in Moscow. He is going to meet Putin demanding extradition of Bashar al-Assad, who is hiding in Moscow.

I highly doubt that Putin is going to give up his private zoo of toppled dictators.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

One of my earliest smart political instincts was that Enron must be about to go bust bc of all the donations they were dropping.

This time around, I look at David Sacks, he of the SVB run followed by the bailout, and understand that the INSTALLED the bailout inside the [White] House.

Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone agrees that we're currently in a dotcom era-like AI bubble. People disagree what sort of bubble it is.

There are 3 stories one can tell about the dotcom crash: a startup story, a telecom story, and an accounting fraud story.

My take: it's giving Enron
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...

It's Giving Enron

On the AI bubble, and the various echoes of the dotcom crash

open.substack.com

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 1d

Philadelphia International Airport has joined other airports around the country in refusing to play a video from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown.

Philly International Airport refusing to play Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown

The city's Department of Aviation, which owns and operates Philadelphia International Airport, "does not accept or display materials that are political in nature in its facilities," the agency said.

www.inquirer.com

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Words fail @norfolknway.bsky.social · 1d

This is why establishment Dems LOSE bc they don’t need/want working class votes based on the issues they push—please note that the tipped minimum wage is $2.13 (yes, that’s two dollars). Since 1995. Demonstrably, Dems don’t want our votes.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Instead of working to get the government open and pay our troops and air traffic controllers and helping his constituents keep their health plans, Mike Johnson has been tasked with helping Trump get the Nobel next year.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Just now— @SpeakerJohnson announces he will lead a global pressure campaign to get the narcissist-in-chief a Nobel Prize next year

(Also revealing he doesn’t understand what “objective facts” are)

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Words fail @norfolknway.bsky.social · 1d

The “free market” we are told exists is so lazie faire with definitions about how free it isn’t

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Joseph N DiStefano @phillyjoed.bsky.social · 1d

China cuts off Philly Shipyard supplies to punish Korea's Hanwha for siding with U.S. in trade war. My story: www.inquirer.com/business/han...

China cuts off Philly Shipyard supplies to punish Hanwha for partnership with U.S. amid trade fight

The Korean shipbuilder is getting squeezed between Chinese suppliers and U.S. customers as President Donald Trump prepares to meet with China's leader Xi Jinping,

www.inquirer.com

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 1d

Weaver House, the yarn shop and weaving school that has drawn fiber arts enthusiasts from around the world, announced it will shut its doors for good in December.

Founder Rachel Snack hopes that a weaving or teaching enthusiast might buy these Macomber looms and start their own weaving school.

Are you looking to buy looms? The Weaver House in the Bok building is closing.

The shop owner is looking for a single buyer for the floor looms acquired from the University of the Arts after the school shuttered.

www.inquirer.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

ITALIAN PM GIORGIA MELONI COULDN'T GET AWAY FAST ENOUGH.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Italy's PM, Giorgia Meloni, and her reaction to Trump while he's speaking

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 2d

One day left for @governor.ca.gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to act on SB 771.

The clear First Amendment violation & obvious preemption by Section 230 **demand** a veto.

There is no value or virtue in chilling protected speech with a law that courts WILL strike down.

www.thefire.org/news/califor...

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Governor Josh Shapiro @governor.pa.gov · 2d

My entire career has been dedicated to protecting Pennsylvanians’ fundamental freedoms – and I won’t stop now.

Anyone who tries to undermine them will have to go through me – whether that’s a predatory corporation or the President of the United States.

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